Stroke threaten the child at the age of Productive

Previously only the stroke of the elderly (elderly). Along with the time, there is a tendency that is now threatening stroke age even under the age of 45 years. Diseases stroke also appeared to be attacked by anyone regardless of their position or socio-economic levels.

Here are some facts and reviews you need to know in order to increase vigilance against the threat of stroke at age:

1. Stroke, No.3 killer in Indonesia
2. Recognizing the type - Type of Stroke
3. Know Stroke Risk Factors
4. Reading Stroke Symptoms
5. Diagnose Stroke
6. Handling of Stroke
7. There is still hope Sembuh
8. Lifestyle, the spark of stroke
9. Expert Review of stroke

Of stroke, No.3 killer in Indonesia
Cases of stroke increased in developed countries such as the United States where obesity and junk food has been infecting. Based on statistical data in the United States, each year going seven hundred fifty thousand new cases of stroke in the United States. The data showed that each of forty-five minutes, there is one person in the United States affected by the attack of stroke.

According to the Stroke Foundation of Indonesia (Yastroki), there is a tendency of increasing the number of stroke in Indonesia in the last decade. Kecenderungannya attack the young generation who are still productive. This will affect the decreasing level of productivity and can result in disrupted its socio-economic families.


Could not be denied that the increase in the number of stroke patients in Australia is identical with the obesity epidemic as a result the pattern of fat-rich food or the cholesterol in the whole world, not the exception of Indonesia.

In Indonesia, the disease is stroke number three after the death of heart and cancer. In fact, according to the survey, 2004, stroke is the No.1 killer in hospitals all over the Government of Indonesia.

An estimated 500,000 people are affected by stroke. Of these, can recover third, one third of the other functional interference light to medium, and the remaining third of the weight of the functional disruption of the ongoing in the mattress.

Serebrovaskuler diseases including stroke (brain blood vessel), which marked the death of the brain network (infark serebral) happens because the reduced flow of blood and oxygen to the brain. WHO defines stroke is that the symptoms deficit nervous function caused by brain blood vessel disease and not by the other's.

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Post-Stroke suffering and other consequences sroke

After a stroke, brain cells die and form hematom I will be back gradually. This natural process is completed in 3 months time. At that time, 1 / 3 of the people become dependent and may have complications that can cause death or disability. An estimated five hundred thousand people affected by stroke. Of these:

. 1 / 3 -> can recover,
. 1 / 3 -> broken light up are functional,
. 1 / 3 of the rest -> broken functional weight continue to require people in the mattress.

Only 10-15% of stroke patients can return to its normal life as usual, the rest have disabilities, so that many Stroke patients suffering from stress due to a disability incurred after the stroke attack.

Stroke other consequences:

. 80% decrease in partial / total arm and leg movement.
. 80-90% in the problem of thinking and remembering.
. 70% suffering from depression.
. 30% had difficulty speaking, swallow, distinguish right and left.

Stroke is no longer the only group of elderly, However now the younger generation tended to attack that is still productive. Stroke is also no longer the property of the citizens of street, but also experienced by rural residents who live with many limitations.

This will affect the decreasing level of productivity and can lead to social and economic terganggunya family. In addition to the large cost of post-stroke treatment, which is also suffering from stroke is the backbone of the family who usually make less healthy lifestyles, due to the dense occupation.

Source : Healthy Lifestyle Series: How to Wisely Stroke, Heart & vein, in August 2007, PT Gramedia.

Sign, symptoms and causes factor Stroke

Based on its location in the body, symptoms of stroke divided into the following:
The central nervous system: muscle weakness (hemiplegia), rigid, decreasing function sensorik
The brain stem, where the 12 nerve kranial: decreased ability smell a rat, smack, hear, and view the partial or whole, decreased reflex, facial expression disrupted, respiratory and heart tap disrupted, the tongue is weak.
Cerebral cortex: aphasia, apraxia, remember to decrease power, hemineglect, confusion. If signs and symptoms are gone within 24 hours, expressed as a transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), which is a small attack or stroke attack early.

The cause of Stroke

Medical risk factors, among others, Hypertension (high blood pressure disease), Cholesterol, Aterosklerosis (stone vein), Disturbance heart, diabetes, family history of stroke, migraine.

Behavioral risk factors, among others, Smoking (active & passive), food is not healthy (junk food, fast food), Alcohol, Poor sport, snore, oral contraception, Drugs, Obesity.

80% is triggered stroke and hypertension arteriosklerosis, According to the statistics. 93% pengidap disease trombosis disease related to high blood pressure.

Triggers stroke is essentially, the mood is not comfortable (rage), drinking too much alcohol, smoking and pleased that fatty foods.

Source : Healthy Lifestyle Series: How to Wisely Stroke, Heart & vein, in August 2007, PT Gramedia.

About the disease Stroke

Serebrovaskuler diseases including stroke (brain blood vessel), which marked the death of the brain network (infark serebral) happens because the reduced flow of blood and oxygen to the brain. Reduced blood flow and oxygen may be due to the sumbatan, or constriction of blood vessel outbreak.

WHO defines stroke is that the symptoms deficit nervous function caused by brain blood vessel disease and not by the other's.



Stroke is divided into two types, namely: iskemik stroke and stroke hemorragik.

Stroke iskemik namely tersumbatnya blood vessel that caused the flow of blood to the brain in part or whole to stop. 80% of stroke is a stroke Iskemik. Stroke iskemik is divided into three types, namely:

Stroke Trombotik: the process of making terbentuknya thrombus conglomeration.
Stroke Embolik: Tertutupnya vessel by arterial blood clot.
Hipoperfusion systemic: the reduced flow of blood through the body, because of interference heartbeat.

Stroke hemoragik stroke is caused by the outbreak brain blood vessel. Almost 70% of cases of stroke occurred on patients hemoragik hypertension.

Stroke hemoragik have type two, namely:
Hemoragik Intraserebral: bleeding that occurs in the brain network.
Hemoragik Subaraknoid: bleeding occurred in the space subaraknoid (narrow space between the surface layer of the brain and a network that covers the brain).

Source : Series Healthy Lifestyle: How To Wisely Stroke, Heart & vein, in August 2007, PT Gramedia.