how is stroke like a heart attack?
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During a heart attack, there is a blockage in a blood vessel in your heart.  Part of you heart doesn't get blood and oxygen, so it dies.  In a stroke, there is a blockage in a blood vessel in your brain.  Part of your brain can't get blood and oxygen, so it dies.  In serious cases, the blood vessel can actually burst open.  In either case, you've got serious problems.
838023
I can't see a relationship, a pneumonia affects your lung whereas a stroke affects your brain. You might develop pneumonia if you're lying in bed for too long, which can happen after a stroke.\nEspecially the elderly. If paralized after a stroke and bedridden, the patient needs to be turned on his/her side regularly.
470194
1 you can get Cancer 2 you can have a stroke 3 heart attack
482362
One symptom of a heart attack is that you can experience jaw pain which i suppose could go up to your teeth.  Considering your dad has a history of heart problems, he should probably get it checked out.  Best of luck!
445596
all depends on the stroke and the person.
188095
A massive heart attack is when the blood flow to the heart gets cut off and causes damage to the heart. Dependind on how bad is the damage is makes it acute, moderate, or amassive heart attack.
725037
there is a difference between having like-stroke symptoms and having actually a stroke. I did not understand quite clearly your question but I ll try to help a bit. To actually have a stroke there are some hemodynamic conditions that cause a blood vessel in your brain to obstruct. For example: having high blood pressure, high blood collesterol, a previously obstructed vessel (arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, malformation, etc), diabetes, etc.\nNow, really stressful circumstances can be a trigger for high blood pressure, also vasoconstriction and if you have on the background one of the above mentioned, then it could be possible to have a TIA, or even a stroke. I will advise you, if you know about someone undergoing the following symptoms to have prompt medical attention: headache, dizziness, nausea, numbness in any part of the body, sudden lost of muscular strenght, visual or auditive irregularities.\nIt could be just a somatization disorder due to intense and continual stress, or it could be worst. Good luck.
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you can ask the doctor for a group of stroke patients. My sister had a stroke last March. She is 41yrs. old. So I know we got her into group activities with other stroke patients. And they doctors told us tree Questions to ask her if we think she is having another stroke.\n1. Can you tell us your name , birthday and the month and year it is.\n2. Smile for me\n3. Touch your finger to your nose.\nThese are simple things but a stroke makes it difficult to do this. I will say a special prayer for your family and you.
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hm well....A heart attack is simply heart failure leading to death and has a collection of symptoms and signs including:\n\n1)shortness of breath\n2)fatigue\n3)post mortem swelling in the legs\n4)post mortem fluid in the lungs\n5)naseau shortly before death, vomiting, excessive fluid in the abdomen\n\nIt is fairly normal.
535657
the best thing to do would be to go to the hospital, if it is a stroke  have had the can give you medicine within the 1st twelve hours to reduce the severity of it! hope you feel well soon.
849648
I have had the same thing and was not given an explanation. The onset of stroke is accompanied by slurred speech and loss of balance.
1007648
I do.  And everyone else should, too.  And while you're at it, put in a plug for the symptoms of stroke, too, Pegasus90.  Nice job.  And nice question.  \n\nAnd by the way, check out the AHA.org website for the symptoms of heart attack and stroke and how to prevent them!!
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Before I answer the question I'd like to say something about "mini-strokes".\nWhen you have TIA's (transient ischemic attacks), which are "mini-strokes", they  are basically the same thing as a "regular" stroke, except the symptoms often go away.  If you are having TIA's this puts you at a greater risk for having a major stroke.  Strokes are the third leading cause of death in the United States.  About 1/3 of the people that experience TIA's go on to have a major stroke.  I think that TIA's are your body's way of telling you...."hey, there is something wrong here".\nAs for whether or not you could get SSI, I have no idea.  My step-mother tried it and failed to get it.  I would consult with your physician and see what he says in the matter and read up on the guidelines set forth by the Social Security Administration on getting SSI.
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Generally there is a spike in both heartrate and blood pressure-however, since a stroke is either a blockade of an arteriole or a burst vessel in the brain, the effect in generated from there- A serious stroke, especially one which effects the brainstem, can cause the heart to stop- a minor stroke may have little effect.
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Medication or surgery. It is very delicate due to the possible release of clots that could cause a stroke or Trans Ischemic Attack (Little stroke)
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Causes\n\n  Ischemic stroke  \nA stroke is sometimes called a brain attack. The problem is with the amount of blood in your brain. The cause of one type of stroke — ischemic stroke — is too little blood in the brain. The cause of the other main type of stroke — hemorrhagic stroke — is too much blood within the skull.\n\nIschemic stroke\nAbout 80 percent of strokes are ischemic strokes. They occur when blood clots or other particles block arteries to your brain and cause severely reduced blood flow (ischemia). This deprives your brain cells of oxygen and nutrients, and cells may begin to die within minutes. The most common ischemic strokes are:\n\nThrombotic stroke. This type of stroke occurs when a blood clot (thrombus) forms in one of the arteries that supply blood to your brain. A clot usually forms in areas damaged by atherosclerosis — a disease in which the arteries are clogged by an accumulation of cholesterol-containing fatty deposits (plaques). This process can occur within one of the two carotid (kuh-ROT-id) arteries of your neck that carry blood to your brain, as well as in other arteries. An ischemic stroke may also be caused by plaques that completely clog or markedly narrow an artery. This narrowing is called stenosis. \nEmbolic stroke. An embolic stroke occurs when a blood clot or other particle forms in a blood vessel away from your brain — commonly in your heart — and is swept through your bloodstream to lodge in narrower brain arteries. This type of blood clot is called an embolus. It's often caused by irregular beating in the heart's two upper chambers (atrial fibrillation). This abnormal heart rhythm can lead to poor blood flow and the formation of a blood clot. \nHemorrhagic stroke\n"Hemorrhage" is the medical word for bleeding. Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel in your brain leaks or ruptures. Hemorrhages can result from a number of conditions that affect your blood vessels, including uncontrolled high blood pressure (hypertension) and weak spots in your blood vessel walls (aneurysms). A less common cause of hemorrhage is the rupture of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) — a malformed tangle of thin-walled blood vessels, present at birth. There are two types of hemorrhagic stroke:\n\nIntracerebral hemorrhage. In this type of stroke, a blood vessel in the brain bursts and spills into the surrounding brain tissue, damaging cells. Brain cells beyond the leak are deprived of blood and are also damaged. High blood pressure is the most common cause of this type of hemorrhagic stroke. High blood pressure can cause small arteries inside your brain to become brittle and susceptible to cracking and rupture. \nSubarachnoid hemorrhage. In this type of stroke, bleeding starts in a large artery on or near the membrane surrounding the brain and spills into the space between the surface of your brain and your skull. A subarachnoid hemorrhage is often signaled by a sudden, severe "thunderclap" headache. This type of stroke is commonly caused by the rupture of an aneurysm, which can develop with age or result from a genetic predisposition. After a subarachnoid hemorrhage, vessels may go into vasospasm, a condition in which arteries near the hemorrhage constrict erratically, causing brain cell damage by further restricting or blocking blood flow to portions of the brain.
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You have a symptom, only a doctor could tell you the correct diagnosis.\n\nThat could be a lot of things, like a stroke, stress, low pressure.