Cerebral vascular accident: stroke or hemorrhage, Médica Sur

This type of accident includes conditions that have in common the presence of abnormalities in brain blood vessels, either arteries or veins, including also the type of vessels that go from neck and lead to this organ.

The end result of a cerebral vascular accident is death of nerve cells due to interruption of blood supply necessary for obtaining oxygen and glucose. The loss of these cells, called neurons, is what causes: paralysis or altered sensation of a part of the body, difficulty speaking, partial or total loss of vision, dizziness, impaired balance and muscle coordination, and in severe cases: sudden or progressive loss of awareness.

The treatment offered by the Emergency service, is to perform the procedures for assessment and early management of disorders caused by loss of brain function due to a lack of blood supply to any part of the central nervous system.

Early detection of this type of disease is of utmost importance, as it would be in the case of cerebral infarction, which has a time limit of 3 hours from symptoms, for a highly effective treatment, to be able to limit brain damage by lack of irrigation.

And also based on early treatment, we can limit damage to other body structures that are frequently affected by a cerebral vascular accident, just as with the cardiopulmonary and skeletal muscle systems.