ASSESSMENT OF THE RISK FACTORS OF CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT IN STROKE PATIENTS: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

ABSTRACT Objective: There are different types of definitions of stroke given by different origins. Stroke is a sudden mental disorder in which the supply of the blood which carries oxygen to each and every cell of the brain stops by some hindrance or narrowing of the blood vessels. The computed tomographic scan was in use to discover the cerebral infarction for the very first time. It is an area of necrotic tissues in the brain resulting from blockage and narrowing in the arteries supplying blood and oxygen to the brain The purpose of this research is to know about the dangerous aspects of the area of the necrotic tissue resulting in the blockage of the arteries of supplying blood and oxygen to the brain in the patients of brain attack. Methods: The method of this study was descriptive. This research carried out in the General Hospital, Lahore in 2019. The computed tomography scan proved the presence of necrotic tissues in 50 patients with brain attack. All the patients having greater than 20 years of age were selected as participants of the research. Family background about brain attack, narrowing of arteries in the body, cigarette smoking, different heart diseases, and high blood pressure are some of the dangerous factors of necrotic tissues in the brain. Results: The information collected from all the participants of the research. There were at least two or more than two dangerous factors were present in the patients for blood arteries blockage in the cerebral. The most dangerous and frequent danger factor was high blood pressure which was involving about 55% of patients. 30% of patients were smokers. Different percentages were available for all the danger factors for cerebral infarction. 51 percent were men with an average age of fifty years and 49 percent were women with an average age of fifty-three years. Conclusions: The area of necrotic tissue in the brain due to blockage in the blood is responsible for more than eighty percent of patients of brain attack which is a very frequent mental malfunction. It is the main cause of impairment of the human body and it also brings miseries to the sufferers and their close relations as well. It increases the burden of disability and misery for patients and their families. The danger factors of cerebral loss of its work are controllable. So, people of the society should take important steps to reduce those factors