Silent Stroke Research Paper

Stroke: The Silent Killer Anyone can be at risk for a stroke. Everyone knows what a stroke is; but one cannot stress the importance of being educated about them enough. There are several signs and symptoms of strokes; some silent and some obvious. Once the symptoms are noticed, there are immediate actions that need to be taken in a certain time window. If the time window is abided by then there could be certain treatments for any damage done; however this is not always the case. Further more, no one is safe from a stroke so all the more reason to understand the basics. When one thinks of a stroke, one probably relates the obvious factors that are made known to the public. Some of these may be facial drooping, numbness to one side of the body, slurred speech, or extreme confusion. In fact, anyone that works in …show more content…
The mnemonic F.A.S.T. stands for facial drooping, arm weakness, speech deficit, and tongue. However, there are events known as silent strokes that occur without obvious symptoms, but still have the potential to cause severe memory loss and brain damage (Harvard). Although there are many differences in the two strokes, they both share some common characteristics when it comes to causes; these are high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases. In the simplest words, “a stroke is a disruption of blood to brain tissue” (Harvard). A stroke showing obvious signs is when a blood clot is formed in an artery in the brain that may lead to the fine motor controls whereas a silent stroke is when a clot is formed in a tiny artery that supplies blood to a “silent” part of the brain (Harvard). According to the article, up to 85% of strokes are ischemic, which means they are usually caused by blood clots that cut off the brain’s blood supply (Eissa). A person can