Patiala, October 29 - District Health Department organized World Stroke Day at CHC Model Town to raise awareness about stroke disease and early treatment. Speaking, Senior Medical Officer Dr Lavkesh Kumar said that stroke is an emergency so the first four hours are very important. Increasing blood sugar, increasing blood pressure and smoking are the main reasons for this.
Therefore, early work should be started to identify these patients. Brain stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide after coronary artery disease. Due to the changes in lifestyle, 30-year-olds are also falling prey to it. He said that stroke, which is commonly known as paralysis or paralysis, can happen to a person of any age.
This can lead to disability of any part of the patient and death of the patient due to the severity of the disease. So it is important to start treating this disease on time. Dr. SJ Singh, Nodal Officer cum District Assistant Officer of the program, while giving information about the symptoms of the disease, said that the patient's mouth becomes tired, hands and feet become lifeless, the tongue seems to wobble, the voice stops completely are the signs of stroke. In such a situation, the patient needs to be taken to the hospital as soon as possible to avoid any organ disability.
 Medicine expert Dr. Nidhi Sharma said that by keeping blood pressure under control, regular BP check-ups, avoiding drug and tobacco consumption, consuming low cholesterol foods, daily physical exercise, green vegetables and By consuming fruits This disease can be avoided to a large extent.