What Is Cerebrovascular Accident ( Cva )

Cerebral vascular accidents are also known as strokes. Strokes can cause minimal to severe brain damage which can affect a person’s quality of life. This paper covers the definition, signs and symptoms, treatments, causes, prevention and what a nursing assistant can do to help someone recovering from a stroke.

Cerebrovascular Accident- condition in which brain tissue is deprived of blood supply.  The most common stroke symptoms are:

Cerebral vascular Accident (CVA) is the medical term for a stroke. A stroke happens when blood supply to a part of your brain is suddenly cut off or extremely lowered. When this happens, the tissue of the brain gets deprived of food and air. The brain cells start to die within minutes. Having a stroke is an emergency and seeking treatment as soon as possible is crucial to surviving. The sooner you take action, the more you can minimize the amount of brain damage and potential complications that may arise. Strokes are treatable and preventable, and death from a stroke is much fewer now compared to 15 years ago. ((2014). Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/stroke/basics/definition/con-20042884)

A seventeen year old male arrived at the medical facility ambulatory. The patient was in route to neurology for evaluation when he abruptly became camtose (in a state of unconsciousness or coma). Patient was observed afflicted with hemiparesis (feeling weak on one half of the body or the other) in his left side which quickly escalated to hemiplegia (loss of the ability to move half of the body). Also leading up to the coma the patient showed ataxia (lack of muscle coordination) (Gylys, 2013), and during attempts to verbally keep him conscious he was aphrasic (unable to speak). The patient’s record indicates hereditary cerebrovascular disease (any functional abnormality of the cerebrum caused by disorders of the blood vessels of the brain)

Jan, a 72-year-old woman has suffered a cerebrovascular accident. She Lives on her own with her three cats in a second-floor apartment. She is worried about how she will care for them as she recovers from her stroke. Following is information about her condition. What is a cerebrovascular accident? What are the signs and symptoms? What are the pathogenies of the condition? What are the body changes after the CVA? Economic impact cardiovascular disease causes.

Stroke is a part of a cardiovascular disease that occurs when the supply of blood or oxygen to the brain is disrupted by a blockage in the artery or when there is usually a trauma that causes spontaneous bleeding in the brain (Duncan, Zorowitz & Lambert, 2005).

Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or stroke is the sudden loss of brain function as a consequence of a disturbance in the brain's blood supply. This can be as a result of a hemorrhage or ischemia caused by a general blockage of blood vessels (arterial embolism,thrombosis) (Sims, Muyderman,2009).As a consequence, the affected area of an individual's brain can never function thereby resulting in the ability of the affected person to move one or even more limbs one side of their body, the inability to comprehend or even formulate sentences as well as the inability

        A “cerebrovascular accident” is a term used to define a stroke. When a stroke occurs, blood flow cessates to the brain. If the blood flow cessation prolongs, the brain cannot receive oxygen and nutrients, which may lead to cell death and irreversible damage (Kantor et al., 2005 Stanford Health Care, 2015). The two types of stroke are ischemic and hemorrhagic. During an ischemic stroke, a blood vessel that provides blood to the brain is blocked by a clot. One way an ischemic stroke could happen is from an artery that was narrow initially (thrombotic stroke). Another way is if the clot breaks from another part of the body into the brain (embolic stroke). If there is plaque within the arteries, this  could cause a disruption of blood flow and eventually lead to a clot. If a clot is overfilled, the blood vessel may break open; this is a hemorrhagic stroke  (Kantor, Stanford Health Care, 2015). Other ways a hemorrhagic stroke can occur is through arteriovenous malformation (AVMs) and aneurysms. For a “normal” person, arteries and veins are usually arranged so there is a web of capillaries to regulate the flow of blood. For a person with AVM, his or her arteries and veins are tangled and swollen thus disrupting the blood flow.  An aneurysm is a vessel bulging due to its weak vessel walls. If unnoticed, it could rupture and cause a

Stroke is a life-threatening medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to part of brain cuts off. It is also referred to as a Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA). There are two types of stroke ischaemic where the blood supplies stopped due to a blood clot in a blood vessel and haemorrhagic where a weakened blood vessel supplying the brain bursts. Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) is the condition where the blood supply of the brain is temporarily interrupted causing a “mini-stroke” often last between 30 minutes and several hours. TIAs are often a warning sign of having a full stroke in the near future (Stroke Association 2014). According to Nation Stroke Organisation UK (2015) statics stroke occurs about 152,000 times a year in the UK

The diagnosis is a cerebrovascular accident, also known as a stroke. A stroke occurs when the blood flow to cerebral vessels become disrupted from clotting or a rupture. The two types of CVA are ischemic and hemorrhagic. An ischemic stroke is the most common type. It results from a thrombosis1 or emboli2. A hemorrhagic stroke is the most fatal type of stroke. It occurs when there is bleeding into brain tissue from hypertension, aneurysms, or head injuries. Structures that are involved in a stroke would include brain tissue and cerebral vessels. A right sided stroke will result in left side paralysis, vision problems, inquisitive behavioral style, and memory loss. The right side of the brain is responsible for attention, creative, imaginative,

At the age of 11 years,my grandfather was sent to the nearest hospital after falling down to ground after coming home from a long day of work.He had the symptoms of dizziness and sweating which led him to an unconscious state. After doing a couple of investigations, doctors confirmed that my grandfather had a pontine haemorrhage . After staying in ICU for four days on ventilator,suddenly he passed away.Never in my life have i seen my father cry until that very moment.This only enhanced my curiosity to learn more about what a stroke was and why it happened .Being in such a helpless state as i saw my grandfather suffer made me want to learn about various brain diseases.Medical literature helped me understand and see the medical world in a new perspective by showing me how neurological diseases can be controlled as well as prevented.

Stroke: A more mechanical term for stroke is Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA). The term stroke itself is not clearly defined and is not a precise medical term. In simple terms, stroke ‘suffocates’ brain tissue and often produces an area of dead or dying brain tissue. A stroke always occurs in the brain and is the most common type of cerebrovascular disease. The most frequently encountered of the cerebrovascular diseases is the Cerebrovascular accident (CVA). It was earlier called apoplexy or an apoplectic attack and is now commonly referred to as stroke. Medically speaking a stroke is a “focal neurological disorder of abrupt development due to a pathological process in blood vessels” (J. N. Walton, 1994).

The history of stroke starts with Hippocrates, the father of medicine who first acknowledge stroke more than 2400 years ago. At this time stroke was called as “apoplexy”. Doctors had little proficiency of the anatomy and function of the brain, the origin of the stroke, or how to handle it. It was not until the mid of 1600’s that Jacob wafer discovered that the patient who died with apoplexy had bleeding in the brain. In 1928 apoplexy was divided into categories based on the causes of the blood vessel problem. Stroke is a type of chronic disease which can be controlled but not cured. Stroke kills nearly 129000 people a year. On average, every four minutes someone dies of stroke. In 2010, the worldwide prevalence of stroke was 33 million, with

A stroke, also medically termed as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), is one of the top five leading causes of death in multiple countries (Stroebele et al., 2011). A CVA is the loss of blood flow to the brain and is classified by location, duration, and type of blockage. A barricade of blow flow to the brain is considered an ischemic attack, while a bleed in the brain is called a hemorrhagic attack (Langhorne, Bernhardt, & Kwakkel, 2011). Langhorne et al. (2011) states that around 80% of CVAs are classified as an ischemic attack. A CVA can have a severe impact that causes long term disability, so it is important to understand signs, symptoms, and evaluations to understand the impact it can have on an individual’s performances.

Cerebrovascular disease, or more specifically stroke, is one of the leading causes of death not only in the United States, but globally. According to the Internet Stroke Center (2016), stroke kills approximately 140,000 Americans each year. In the United States, someone has a stroke every 40 seconds and every four minutes, someone dies of a stroke (The Internet Stroke Center, 2018). In 2013, there were nearly 25.7 million stroke survivors globally, 6.5 million deaths from stroke and 10.3 million new strokes (Feigin et al., 2016). Stroke affects individuals from all socio-economic backgrounds and its impact is likely to increase in the future due to aging populations, demographics and health changes in developing countries (Feigin, et.al.,