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Stroke is a medical emergency that occurs when blood supply to the brain is reduced due to either blockage or leakage of the blood vessel resulting in damage of brain tissue.

Stroke is very common and it is estimated to occur 1 out of 5 individuals and every 4 minutes one person gets affected by stroke. Annually more than 15 million people suffer from stroke and out of the 5.5 million people succumb to it, leaving rest to have variable disability.

In fact stroke is the leading cause of disability and second-leading common cause of death.

There are two types of strokes:

1. Ischemic stroke (75%), caused by interruption or blockage of blood flow to brain.
2. Hemorrhagic stroke (20%) is attributed to rupture of blood vessel leading to brain hemorrhage.

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Happens in Brain -Similar to heart attack its Brain attack.

Stroke can affect anyone and at any age

Ischemic Stroke is reversible if treated within Golden hour either by giving CLOT BUSTING injection within 4.5 hours or by mechanical removal of the obstructed clot within 6 hours through endovascular procedure known as MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY (Class 1 evidence for major vessel occlusion).

First six hours from the stroke onset is known as Golden hour and if treatment is initiated within this time than symptoms can be reversed completely or partially.