Strokes - Diagnosis and treatments

We've all heard about the term stroke. We also know that, in India, we come across a million stroke cases. A stroke can happen to anyone and it's very much necessary to be aware of the various aspects of stroke.  Here's a brief study about the treatments and diagnosis of stroke.

Diagnosis of stroke

The doctor will check for various symptoms and signs according to which he will prescribe the treatments. He will also check the patient's blood pressure and also check for little cholesterol crystals and clots in blood vessels. Certain tests are done for precise information about the status of the stroke. They are the following:

• Blood tests: These blood tests are taken to know the time taken for the blood to clot, to check the status of the blood's sugar level and the balance of the chemicals. These factors will be managed according to the data received from the tests.
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): The MRI is used to obtain a detailed view of your brain. Any brain tissue damage caused by an ischemic stroke and brain hemorrhages can be detected by such a method. A dye is injected into the blood vessels to get a detailed view of the arteries, veins and also the blood flow.
• Computerized tomography (CT) scan: A sequence of Xrays are used to create detailed views of the image. The CT scan detects tumor, stroke and various other conditions. A dye is injected into the bloodstream to get a clear view of the blood vessels in the neck and the brain.

Treatments

The treatment depends on what kind of stroke the patient has I.e whether it is an ischemic stroke or hemorrhagic stroke. Ischemic stroke is the common one where the artery is blocked and hemorrhagic is the kind of stroke that involves bleeding into the brain. Here are some treatments according to the type of stroke.

Ischemic stroke - Quick treatments ought to be provided in order to reduce risks.

* Intravenous injection of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA): This emergency treatment involves medications.  Tpa also called the alteplase is considered as one of the best treatments for ischemic stroke. This injection is given via a vein in patient's arm. The drug dissolves the blood clot that causes the stroke and the blood flow is restored.

* Direct delivering of medications into the brain: This is an endovascular emergency procedure. A catheter is inserted via the artery into that area of the brain which suffered stroke to deliver tpa. This procedure is known as the intra-arterial thrombolysis.

Hemorrhagic stroke - The main focus of the treatment is to control bleeding and reducing the pressure in the brain.

Warfarin and anti-platelet drugs can be used to stop blood clots. But when these drugs are used, another set of drugs are given to curb the blood thinners effect. Drugs are given to reduce the pressure in the brain as well.

The doctor can also recommend surgery to treat the abnormal conditions of the blood vessels as a result of the stroke. The surgeries usually recommended are endovascular embolization, surgical clipping, surgical AVM removal etc.

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Best Effective Spine Surgery In Chennai

Spine surgery is  practiced in those individuals who have severe problems in one or more discs in the spine. Our spine can get injured due to different reasons like, aging, trauma, improper body mechanics, structural abnormalities which may lead to back pain and other severe symptoms like, pain in leg and weakness or numbness in leg.

A chronic back pain can be considered as a situation which needs a team of health professionals to diagnose and treat it.

Open spine surgery Vs Minimally invasive spine surgery:

The traditional practice of spine surgery was carried out as open surgery. This entails the opening the operative area through a long incision. This enables the surgeon to access the spinal anatomy properly. But now as the technology has advanced and is still advancing, more and more spine disorder condition can be treated using minimally invasive surgical procedure.

As there are no involvement of any long incisions in the minimal invasive spine surgery, the open manipulation of muscles and tissue are avoided, and therefore the time duration of the operative time is made shorter. This also leads to the fast recovery of the patient.

Different surgical approaches by the surgeon:

For an open surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery, the spine can be accessed from different directions. Different approaches to access the spine are;

Anterior approach  : The surgical access to the spine is from the front of your body (through abdomen)

Posterior approach : Access to the spine is through the incision made at the back of your body.

Lateral approach : Spine is accessed through the side of your body.

Common type of spine surgeries:

A numerous conditions of spine leads to a spine surgery. The common type of Spinal Cord Surgery in Chennai include;

Discectomy or Microdiscectomy : Removal of all parts of herniated disc.

Laminectomy : Deals with the pressure relieving by removing the bone spur in the spine.

Laminotomy : Process of removing a portion of lamina that covers the spine.

Foraminotomy : Removes the  bone in the passage where the nerve root branches off the spinal cord.

Disc replacement : An injured disc is replaced with an artificial cord.

Spinal fusion : A surgical approach to join two vertebrae.

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