Every 20 seconds, 1 Indian suffers a brain-stroke
Every 20 seconds, one Indian suffers a brain stroke, or three every minute, and the numbers are
increasing alarmingly due to changing lifestyles. At this rate, around 1.54
million Indians are affected by strokes every year and the worse is 90 per cent
of stroke patients failed to reach hospital on time. The lifetime risk of
stroke after the age of 55 is 1 in 5 for women and 1 in 6 for men.
These revelations came at the ongoing 3-day Fourth
Congress of Society of Neuro Vascular Intervention (SNVICON) Mumbai 2019, with
international participation, here on Saturday.
Prominent speakers said the message was simple but
alarming – that in India, the numbers of brain strokes are increasing and it
would not be wrong to say they are “life-style related”. Breach Candy
Hospital’s Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon and Interventional Neurosurgeon Dr
Anil P. Karapurkar said that like a healthy heart, a healthy brain is important, for which precautions need to be
taken.
“In case of a heart attack, it is either you are gone
or you recover. In case of a brain stroke, you may be gone, you may recover and
come to normal, or you become dependent for life,” Karapurkar warned. He
explained that in case of a heart attack, there are half a dozen basic symptoms such as chest
pain, breathlessness, pain in left shoulder and upper abdomen, but in case of
strokes, symptoms may vary depending on which side of the brain is affected.
“Stroke is a sudden loss of function of a part of the
body. It can happen out of the blue. The simple rule to follow in case of a
stroke is – ‘BE FAST’ – Balance, Eyes, Face, Arms, Speech, Time,” he advised.
17.06.2019
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