How to avoid a stroke
Although I was very fortunate and managed to survive a stroke with less severe handicaps than a lot of people, I must admit that I would much rather not have had one in the first place. One side-effect of having a stroke that I can not avoid is the fact that having a stroke puts you at a greater risk of having another one.
Why did I have a stroke? Well basically I had a blood clot in my brain that threw a wobbler. The cause of the clot?
Untreated High Blood Pressure
Yep, untreated high blood pressure changed my life.
Why was it untreated?
Because I didn’t know I had it. I was clueless. I’d never been ill. I had no symptoms.
Having a stroke was the first sign I had of having high blood pressure. It certainly got my attention.
How about you - do you know what your blood pressure is? When was the last time you had it checked? Have you ever had it checked?
If you don’t know what your blood pressure is, please do yourself a huge favour and find out.
If you smoke - stop
If you don’t exercise - start
If you live off junk food - start eating proper food.
Change your lifestyle before your lifestyle changes you.
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Heart disease and stroke are very closely related for many different reasons. There are many people that have heart disease and do not even realize it. There are some things that everyone should know so that they are not blind to the fact that they could be at risk for having a stroke and possibly dying too young.