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    Pathophysiology Ischemic Stroke

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    The document discusses predisposing and precipitating factors for atherosclerosis including gender, age, heredity, medical history, smoking, and diet. It then outlines the process from atherosclerosis to hypertension to thrombosis, blocked blood vessels, cerebral hypoperfusion, ischemia, and acute ischemic stroke.

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    The document discusses predisposing and precipitating factors for atherosclerosis including gender, age, heredity, medical history, smoking, and diet. It then outlines the process from atherosclerosis to hypertension to thrombosis, blocked blood vessels, cerebral hypoperfusion, ischemia, and acute ischemic stroke.

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    Pathophysiology Ischemic Stroke

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    Erika Mae Anduyan
    The document discusses predisposing and precipitating factors for atherosclerosis including gender, age, heredity, medical history, smoking, and diet. It then outlines the process from atherosclerosis to hypertension to thrombosis, blocked blood vessels, cerebral hypoperfusion, ischemia, and acute ischemic stroke.

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    Predisposing Factors:

    Precipitating Factors:
    -Gender
    -Age -Cigarette Smoking
    -Heredity -Poor diet
    -Medical History (prior -Physical stress
    stroke)

    ATHEROSCLEROSIS

    Sign and
    Build up of plaque
    symptoms
    deposits in walls of HYPERTENSION
    blood vessels •Chest pain
    •Dizziness

    Sign and Symptoms

    -Pain in one leg (usually the calf


    or inner thigh) THROMBOSIS
    -Swelling in the leg or arm
    -Chest pain, numbness, and
    weakness on the side of the
    body BLOCKED BLOOD
    -Sudden change in your mental VESSELS
    state

    Signs and Symptoms


    CEREBRAL
    -Woozy HYPOPERFUSION
    -Headache
    -Nausea
    -Fatigue
    -Shortness of breath
    Impaired oxygen and
    nutrients delivery brain

    Signs and Symptoms Tissue hypoxia, cellular


    starvation
    -Confusion
    -Restlessness
    -Shortness of breathing
    -Tachycardia CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA

    Acute Ischemic Stroke

    S/S Sign and Symptoms


    (Book base)
    Patient
    -Hemiparesis
    -Memory loss
    -Impaired bladder or
    -bowel control
    -Loss of Sensation
    -Ataxia

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