A recent study by the Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network suggests that sub-Saharan Africa has the highest burden of stroke worldwide, with an age-standardized stroke incidence rate of up to 316 per 100,000 persons.
When the blood supply to portions of your brain is blocked or ruptures, denying brain tissue oxygen and nutrition, 32,000 brain cells die in a matter of seconds, and functions controlled by that area of your brains, such as speech and muscular movement, are hindered or lost.
Because of the longer-term impact of stroke-related impairment on the quality of life of the afflicted individual and the stress on the patient’s family, stroke in young people have catastrophic repercussions.
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