Today October 29 2017 is World Stroke Day!
Do you know that technically a stroke is called a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)? Do you also know that in several parts of the world, it is also called a ‘brain attack ’ in order to draw attention to the medical and neurological emergency that it is? Some epidemiology of stroke It is the 2 nd commonest cause of death worldwide and the leading cause of disability worldwide. Low and middle income countries (Nigeria is one of the former) account for the largest burden of stroke mortality (> 85%). There are some regional variations in the pattern of stroke presentation. Ischaemic stroke (due to obstruction of blood supply to the brain) is much commoner than the haemorrhagic type (due to bleeding into the brain). However intracerebral haemorrhage (a subtype of haemorrhagic stroke) is most commonly seen in Africa than in other regions. In Africa, some data show that southern African countries tend to have these bleeds more than other parts of the contin...


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