Key to Post-Stroke Recovery

Morning Health - [View as a web page]( [Morning Health - Healthy, Wealthy and Wise](#) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Key to Post-Stroke Recovery]( [by Morning Health Team]( If you think strokes only happen to elderly people, think again. Strokes can hit anyone at any age, but the older one gets, the more susceptible one becomes for having a stroke. About 15-years ago, my daughter worked as a certified-nursing-assistant at a senior daycare center. Although most of the patients or clients were elderly, 60 and over, she also had several that were younger. She had one male patient who had a debilitating stroke around the age of 30. When I was in college, I worked as a night orderly in a nursing home and we had several patients, mostly female who were between 40 and 50 years of age. Not the long ago on our local news, they featured a woman who, at the age of about 40, was recovering from a stroke. She was married and had a handful of kids. I remember thinking how tragic at this stage of her and her family's life. According to Stroke.org: - Each year nearly 800,000 people experience a new or recurrent stroke. - A stroke happens every 40 seconds. - Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. - Every 4 minutes someone dies from stroke. - Up to 80 percent of strokes can be prevented. - Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability in the U.S. First of all, what is a stroke? A heart attack is generally caused by the blockage of blood flow to an area of the heart, resulting in the heart muscle tissue dying for lack of oxygen. Likewise, a stroke is a 'brain attack' caused when the blood supply to an area of the brain is blocked and brain cells begin to die. There are two main types of stroke - hemorrhagic and ischemic [More...]( Related Articles: [Whooping Cough and Vaccinations - Baby or Pregnant Mom]( [Top 5 Herbs That Lower Blood Pressure]( This article presented by [MorningHealth.com]( [MorningHealth.com] Please note: We sent this e-mail to: {EMAIL} This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received this Morning Health email because you subscribed to it, you have done business with us, or someone forwarded it to you. If you would prefer not to receive this email...[click here to unsubscribe]( Please read our Privacy Policy. For any further comments or concerns please email us at [morninghealth.com](mailto:heathupdate@morninghealth.com) . Please add [morninghealth.com](mailto:healthupdate@morninghealth.com) to your address book and whitelist us. Email was sent by MorningHealth.com, 1515 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33432 [Morning Health](