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What is a brain stroke?

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Damage to the brain due to a hemorrhage or blood clot?

A type of stroke where you have internal bleeding in the brain which kills brain cells.


What is the outcome of a stroke?

The outcome of a stroke depends on the severity of the stroke. Considering the fact that a stroke is a blood clot in your brain, there are a lot of possible outcomes, because the brain controls the body.


If someone had a stroke in his brain and couldn't use the muscle on the right side of the face which hemisphere of the brain had the stroke?

the Left Side.


What lobe is the most affected during the stroke?

A stroke can happen in any lobe of the brain. I think the worst area one can have a stroke in is at the base of the brain, in back of the head.


When a person suffered a stroke and falls into a sleeplike coma and the damaged is somewhere in the brain stem which structure is most likely damaged?

Stroke damage is always somewhere in the brain. However, you cannot say that every person who has had a stroke and is in a coma has had the stroke in the same part of the brain. Strokes can affect just about any area of the brain.


If someone had a stroke and could not use the right side of their body what part of the brain had the stroke?

The motor cortex on the left side of the brain


A stroke is a rupture of a blood vessel in the?

A stroke is a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain.


Is brain stroke dangerous?

Yes. It can cause serious damage to the brain.


What are two ways that a Cerebrovascular Accident can occur?

A stroke can occur in two ways. In an ischemic stroke, a blood clot blocks or plugs a blood vessel or artery in the brain. About 80 percent of all strokes are ischemic. In an hemorrhagic stroke, a blood vessel in the brain breaks and bleeds into the brain. About 20 percent of strokes are hemorrhagic.


Is a stroke Disruption Of The Blood Supply Causing Death Of Parts Of The Brain?

A stroke is a disruption of the blood supply causing death of parts of the brain. A stroke is known in medical terms as a cerebrovascular accident.


What stroke is damage that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks or ruptures?

Hemorrhagic stroke.


After a stroke is there bleeding at the mouth and nose?

Normally, no. A stroke is internal bleeding (in the brain) and not external.