Immediate Stroke Treatment Can Increase Your Longevity

When a brain vessel ruptures or gets blocked by a blood clot, it causes brain stroke. The treatments are given to either open the block or treat the rupture. Chances of survival can be increased if the stroke is identified and treated instantly. Strokes can be prevented by managing high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, staying physically active and reducing or avoiding cigarette smoking.
Among high-risk patients, medical treatments are used to control high blood pressure, manage atrial fibrillation.

Anticoagulants/ Antiplatelets
Anticoagulant and antiplatelet make the body clot the blood and plays an important role in stroke prevention.
Antihypertensive
The antihypertensive medicine is used to treat high blood pressure. Depending on the medicine type, it can lower the blood pressure by opening blood vessels, decreasing blood volume or the rate of the force of heart contraction.
When arteries have a buildup of plaque or blockage medical procedure like carotid endarterectomy may be performed. In this procedure, the fatty plaque is removed surgically from the carotid artery.
Angioplasty / Stents
To open up the blocked blood vessel or to treat cardiovascular disease doctors sometimes use implantable steel screens and balloon angioplasty method.
Hemorrhagic Stroke Treatment
Endovascular Procedures
Certain hemorrhagic strokes are treated with endovascular procedures. When compared to the surgical procedure, the endovascular procedure is less invasive and the catheter is introduced through a major artery in the arm or leg, to treat aneurysm or AVM. Finally, a coil is placed there to prevent rupture.
Surgical Treatment
For hemorrhagic stroke or abnormal blood vessels tangle, the surgical procedure is done to immediately arrest the bleeding. If the bleeding is due to a ruptured aneurysm, a metal clip is placed at the base of the aneurysm surgically to deter the bleeding.
Dr. Manish Vaish is one of the eminent Neurosurgeons in India who offers the best stroke treatment.

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All You Need To Know About Brain Tumor!

The disease condition called Brain Tumor or Intracranial Neoplasm occurs when a mass of abnormal cells grow inside the brain. This happens when the normal metabolism of brain differs. Normally cells grow and will get old & dies. Then new cells grow, but this process may go wrong. The old or damaged cells may not die & new extra cells grows. These extra cells will form as a mass & becomes tumor.

Brain Tumor can be benign & malignant. Some of the benign tumors are not cancerous because it doesn't contain cancer cells and can be cured.

Benign tumors will not spread into other parts of the body. It has a specific border or edge. Sometimes it may change into Malignant tumors & may cause health problems.

Malignant or Cancerous Tumors are more dangerous and is a threat to life. This tumors contains cancer cells. It grows rapidly & can spread into healthy brain areas. Exact reason behind the occurrence of Brain tumors are unknown. Some of the reasons which may be the cause are radiation, inherited diseases etc.

Symptoms

The symptoms of brain tumor depends upon the size, location of the growth & age of a person. We get signs & symptoms only when it harms a part of brain or it presses on a nerve or blocks the fluid in brain etc.

The common symptoms are,

• Headaches
• Vomiting & Nausea
• Weakness in one side of body
• Difference in vision, hearing, sensory & speech
• Loss of concentration
• Memory Loss
• Emotional Changes etc.

Treatment

Treatment is also depends on size of tumor, location of tumor and age & health of a person. For most brain tumors surgery is recommended as the first step. After that other treatments like radiation therapy & chemotherapy will be given for slowing down the growth. In some cases, the doctor may not be possible to remove the tumor by surgery. In that case, treatments like radiation therapy & chemotherapy is recommended.  

Surgeries

Common surgeries done are,

Craniotomy: It is common surgery done by removing a part of skull and is replaced after the surgery. This surgery is done after MRI scanning.

Shunt: This procedure is done for relieve the intracranial pressure caused by tumor blocking the brain fluid pathway. The excess fluid will be drained out with the shunt procedure.

Stereotactic Surgery: Stereotactic surgery or Stereotaxy is done to find out the position & location of the tumor. It is a minimal invasive type of surgery uses a three dimensional image to locate the tumor. This is also used to remove the tumor and for other treatments.

Endoscopic &Endoscope Assisted Surgery: It is done by making small incisions or through natural openings of the body. Through this the doctors will be able to visualize the affected areas which is difficult to reach.

 

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