An Ischemic stroke is the most common type of stroke that people have and it’s when you have a blocked artery in your brain. This can be very deadly as the stroke center website points out, “If the artery remains blocked for more than a few minutes, the brain cells may die. This is why immediate medical treatment is critical.” The faster you or the person can get medical treatment the less likely there could be permanent damage to the brain. Surprisingly though the people who are more affected by this type of stroke is women. The stroke center website says, “Each year, about 55,000 more women than men have this stroke…”
I remember when my great grandmother had this type of stroke. It was pretty bad because of where in the brain it happened, but because she had the stroke in the middle of a group of people she was able to get to the hospital faster. She was pretty lucky because if anymore time went by then she could have died. What was also interesting was when the website SecondsCount said, “Twice as many women will die of a stroke than breast cancer each year.” All my life I always thought breast cancer was the main disease that women could get; strokes never crossed my mind of being that big of deal.
Student from 11AM Class
I remember when my great grandmother had this type of stroke. It was pretty bad because of where in the brain it happened, but because she had the stroke in the middle of a group of people she was able to get to the hospital faster. She was pretty lucky because if anymore time went by then she could have died. What was also interesting was when the website SecondsCount said, “Twice as many women will die of a stroke than breast cancer each year.” All my life I always thought breast cancer was the main disease that women could get; strokes never crossed my mind of being that big of deal.
Student from 11AM Class