stroke prevention
Brain attack avoidance
Stroke prevention refers to medical strategies and lifestyle changes aimed at reducing the risk of stroke—a condition where blood flow to the brain is interrupted.
Prevention typically involves managing risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease, along with medications such as blood thinners.
Her doctor emphasized stroke prevention after the TIA diagnosis.
- warfarinClot-preventing medication
- blood thinnersMedications reducing clot risk
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- thrombosisClot forming in vessel
- anticoagulantsClot-preventing medications
clot buster · smoking cessation · statins · warning signs · carotid · blood pressure control · blood pressure monitoring · silent killer · diabetes management · healthy diet · genetic screening · stress management · embolism · physical activity · heart failure · artery · brain · pulmonary embolism
- wellnesshealthy, wellness, fitness, exercise, nutrition
- elder caresenior care, aged care, elderly care, gerontologist, geriatrician
- clot preventionanticoagulants, blood thinners, heparin, warfarin, blood thinner
- blood clottingfibrin, thrombin, prothrombin, fibrinogen, platelet
- Antiplateletsaspirin
- public healthimmunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology, community health
stroke preventionhypertension
Chronic elevated arterial pressure
smoking · sedentary lifestyle · high cholesterol · obesity · atrial fibrillation