prevention strategy of stroke

Primary prevention-two complementary strategies can be used to prevent stroke in apparently healthy but at risk individuals. The population strategy aims to modify the risk factors of the whole population through diet and lifestyle advice like;
   

•     Do not smokeconsume tobacco (smoking or smokeless)

•     Take regular exercise (minimum of 20 minutes, three times a week)

•     Maintain ideal body weight

•     Eat a mixed diet rich I fresh fruits and vegetables

•     Aim to get no more than 10% of energy intake from saturated fat.

•     Moderate alcohol consumption

•     Reduction of LDL cholesterol with stone therapy.

The targeted strategy aims to identify and treat high risk individuals, who usually have combination risk factors. There is strong observational evidence that moderate to high levels of physical activity reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke.

Secondary prevention- patients who already have evidence of atheromatous vascular disease are at high risk of other vascular event offered a variety of measures that have shown to improve their outlook. The energetic correction of risk factors, particularly smoking, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, is particularly important in this patient group beacuse the absolute risk of further vascular events is vary high.<<learn more