Stroke Control Week

From October 23 to October 29, 2023, the Stroke Control Week is held. For the first time this day was celebrated on October 29 in 2004, when the World Health Organization declared stroke a global epidemic. This initiative of WHO and partners is dedicated to the dissemination of information about such a frequent and dangerous disease as stroke.

Doctors of the sanatorium "Beautifully" join the infocampania and conduct lectures and talks, seminars and meetings with vacationers, distribute booklets and leaflets.

Stroke is brain damage, which can be caused by blockage of blood vessels, a ruptured blood clot and many other factors. In all cases, hemorrhage occurs and the oxygen supply to the brain cells stops. With such a disease, urgent hospitalization and emergency treatment are necessary.

Risk factors:

• arterial hypertension and elevated cholesterol levels in the blood;

• atherosclerosis;

• smoking and bad habits;

• diabetes and old age;

• past and existing heart diseases, especially atrial fibrillation and myocardial infarction.

The presence of concomitant diseases, which include hypertension, high cholesterol in the blood, diabetes and obesity - contribute to the risk of stroke. Visit a doctor, monitor blood pressure and take tests.

Take care of yourself! We wish you good health!