{"id":4928,"date":"2023-07-24T22:56:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=4928"},"modified":"2023-07-24T22:56:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:56:14","slug":"stroke-about-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=4928","title":{"rendered":"Stroke: About Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A stroke occurs when there is a disruption of blood flow to the brain. Learn more about strokes and how common they are.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-161.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4929\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-161.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-161.png 616w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-161-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-161-293x131.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-161-390x174.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">What is Stroke?<\/mark><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Normal brain function requires oxygen and nutrients which are supplied by blood through blood vessels. A stroke occurs when there is a disruption of blood flow to the brain. The area of the brain which is deprived of blood is thus damaged, resulting in signs and symptoms of stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-162.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4930\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-162.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-162.png 640w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-162-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-162-293x192.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-162-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-162-390x256.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Analogy of stroke using a garden with pipes supplying water to explain how stroke occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When a pipe supplying water to a garden is blocked, the plants in the area will be damaged and may die.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plants will die when water gets cut off<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">How Common is Stroke?\u200b\u200b<\/mark><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-163.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4931\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"883\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-163.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-163.png 883w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-163-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-163-770x313.png 770w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-163-293x119.png 293w, https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-163-390x159.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 in 4&nbsp;people will suffer from a stroke in their lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It can happen to anyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or socio-economic status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Learning About Stroke:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthhub.sg\/a-z\/diseases-and-conditions\/682\/stroke-types-of-stroke\">Stroke: Types and Causes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthhub.sg\/a-z\/diseases-and-conditions\/681\/stroke-the-brain-and-stroke\">Stroke: Areas of the Brain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more on stroke, go to our \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthhub.sg\/programmes\/130\/strokehub\">StrokeHub<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthhub.sg\/a-z\/diseases-and-conditions\/679\/stroke-about-stroke\">https:\/\/www.healthhub.sg\/a-z\/diseases-and-conditions\/679\/stroke-about-stroke<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stroke occurs when there is a disruption of blood flow to the brain. Learn more about strokes and how common they are. What is Stroke? Normal brain function requires oxygen and nutrients which are supplied by blood through blood vessels. A stroke occurs when there is a disruption of blood flow to the brain. The area of the brain which is deprived of blood is thus damaged, resulting in signs and symptoms of stroke. Analogy of stroke using a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4932,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928\/revisions\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}