Symptoms Of Cerebrovascular Disease

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

A cerebrovascular accident is clear if the victim displays the following symptoms: dizziness, nausea, vomiting, severe headaches, head pressure, numbness in limbs, slurred speech, loss of vision, loss of coordination and the ability to walk. Hemorrhagic stroke may require surgery to relieve pressure in the brain. Other treatments, endovascular treatment, requires insert a tube into the main artery.

According to the National Stroke Association (1999), strokes often occur suddenly, with the following symptoms that often appear suddenly:

• Difficulty standing or walking, dizziness, loss of balance, loss of coordination
• Numbness in facial weakness, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
• Confusion, difficulty speaking or understanding
• Vision difficulties in one or both eyes
• Severe headache with no known cause

Another important symptom of stroke, but less common include:

• Nausea, fever, and vomiting that is different from viral disease in the speed of onset (starts in minutes or hours, not days)    
• Retinal effects of the carotid artery, hemispheric, or both.
• Transient suppression of the retina, a sense of calm that is pulled over the eyes.
• Cerebral palsy contralateral (opposite side) of a single body part, paralysis of one side of the body, tingling numbness, local; hemianopic visual loss; aphasia (loss of speech), loss of consciousness rare.
• Vertebrobasilar bilateral visual disturbances including the dim, gray, or blurred vision or temporary blindness; diplopia (double vision).
• Labyrinth / Vertigo medulla; unsteadiness, nausea, vomiting.
• Brain stem slurring dysarthria (weakness of the tongue causes the speech), dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), numbness, weakness; fourth limb paresthesia: a reduction in attacks of sudden loss of postural tone in the basilar origin; episodes of vertebrobasilar artery occlusion causes symptoms that would be caused by suddenly changed position.