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.