Certain diseases seriously increase the risk of suffering a stroke

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One of the diseases that increases the risk a stroke, there is hypertension.

The neurologist said in an interview that some diseases seriously increase the probability of suffering from a stroke. Thus, the prevention of these diseases and the constant control of the state of the body when they are present can become a kind of protection against a stroke.

First of all, the doctor called hypertension a disease characterized by high blood pressure. In addition, the tendency to stroke increases with existing disorders of cholesterol metabolism and high cholesterol level, obesity. Speaking about this, the doctor noted that in order to prevent a stroke, “in addition to controlling and treating hypertension, correction of lipid metabolism disorders, refusal of smoking and alcohol, rational nutrition, and sports activities are necessary.”

Also in the list of diseases, seriously increase the risk of suffering a stroke, the specialist included atrial fibrillation, known as atrial fibrillation. This pathology, which means a heart rhythm disorder, is associated with thrombus formation, which can cause a pathological violation of the blood supply to the brain, which provokes a stroke.

Such diseases as diabetes, atherosclerosis of the carotid arteries can also play the role of provoking factors in stroke development.