Four years ago, young men (30 years old, Hanoi) bleed the left hemisphere due to hypertension.When stable, he was allowed to go home to use medicine to treat hypertension.
After a period of normal blood pressure, he subjectively thought that the disease had cured, so he arbitrarily quit smoking.He also uses cigarettes, beer and wine.Recently, blood pressure soared, he was taken to the hospital in a coma.
According to BSCK2 Nguyen Tien Dung, Deputy Director of a stroke center, Bach Mai Hospital, the results of the film show that patients with right brain bleeding, this time the volume is larger and bloody in the ventricles.
"In this case, it is difficult to have surgery due to bleeding both sides of the brain and a deep coma. The patient is appointed to continue medical resuscitation treatment., can not get mechanical ventilation, heavy prognosis ",Doctor Dung said.
BSCK 2 Nguyen Tien Dung checks the health of a stroke.(Photo: BVCC)
According to Dr. Dung, the incidence of stroke in young people (under 45 years old) accounts for about 10-15%, under 50 years old is 15-20% of the total number of stroke cases.In the world for every 100,000 people under the age of 50, 15 people have brain bleeding at least once.
To prevent stroke risk, the doctor recommends:
- Each person should regularly practice, exercise, control weight, give up smoking habits, unhealthy eating.
- Screening for risk factors of stroke: cardiovascular, blood pressure, blood fat, diabetes.People with high blood pressure need continuous treatment, absolutely do not quit smoking when the blood pressure is stable, because this is the effect of the medication brought.If quitting, blood pressure will increase again, increasing the risk of stroke.
- When there is one of the manifestations of stroke (reduced vision, weak limbs, lisp/hard, headache, dizziness, face paralysis, face distortion ...) should take patients immediately to the treatment units immediatelyStroke for timely diagnosis and treatment.
According to experts, young people should also screen brain stroke because young people are often subjective, rarely monitor the blood pressure index, less exercise, overweight, obese diet and do not go to the health examination.In the period, it is only when there is a disease, or a stroke to be hospitalized to fall back with cardiovascular diseases, hypertension.
If you detect hypertension, you need to maintain the drug regularly, for life, absolutely follow the doctor's treatment regimen, regularly re -examine to adjust the drug and detect complications early.
Vietnam is one of the countries with the highest stroke rate, with about 200,000 people with stroke each year.This is the second most common cause of death in Vietnam.Among the survivors after a stroke, the rate of disability due to stroke is high.