stroke risk
Brain clot likelihood
Stroke risk refers to the likelihood of experiencing a stroke—a sudden interruption of blood flow to the brain.
Medical contexts assess stroke risk through factors like high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, and heart conditions: Her doctor said atrial fibrillation significantly increases her stroke risk.
The term appears frequently in health discussions about prevention and lifestyle modification.
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- sedentary lifestyleHabitual physical inactivity
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- silent killerAsymptomatic lethal condition
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
heavy drinking · alcohol consumption · heart disease · atrial fibrillation · irregular heartbeat · thrombosis · blood clot · sleep apnea · hyperlipidemia · emboli · blocked artery · clotting disorders · stress · arrhythmia · cardiovascular disease · sickle cell anemia · physical inactivity · air pollution
- contraindicationspregnancy, breastfeeding, allergies, allergy, drug allergy
- Drug Risksadverse reactions, side effects, drug interactions, overdose, toxicity
- blood pressuresystolic, diastolic, readings, cuff, hypotension
- blood clottingfibrin, thrombin, prothrombin, fibrinogen, platelet
- Blood Lipidscholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, lipoproteins
- brain bleedscerebral hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, rebleed