Stroke

Stroke is a medical condition in which blood supply to the brain is disturbed resulting in damage to the brain cells, the function of damaged cells is impaired. Patients can experience a variety of symptoms depending on the area of brain where blood supply was disturbed. Good news is stroke is a treatable condition yet it requires effort, motivation and confidence by the patient. 

Conditions causing Stroke :

• Atherosclerosis

• Cardioembolism

• Small vessel disease

These are most common causes of Stroke. Diagnosis is important because every condition have different treatment strategies. Some stroke patients have trouble maintaining balance while some have weakness in one side of the body while some stroke cases only lack co ordination. Different treatment for all these different symptoms as we told you above there is alot of variation in symptoms of stroke patient depending on the place of injury inside the brain.

Diagnostic procedure for Stroke :

Shoulder pain can be diagnosed  by history, physical examination and special tests. Sometimes it may require advanced imaging like MRI to make a diagnosis.