Strokes Though the ultimate result of a stroke or intracranial accident is neurological damsage, the primary cause of this condition stemms from a catastrophy of vascular origin affecting intracranial blood flow. From a technical perspective, a stroke is defined by the World Health Orgaisation as “rapidly developing clinical sighn of cerebral function, lasting more then 24 hours or leading to death, with no apparent cause other then of vascular origin.” Without a supply of oxygen rich …showed first 75 words of 770 total…

…showed last 75 words of 770 total…though rare, will cause paralysis in the opposite leg. Obstructions in the posterior cerebral region are mainly associated with vision deficits. The most serious ischemic stroke, that which occurs in the basilar artery will often result in coma and death as the blood from this artery supplies the brain stem which is responsible for many of the life sustaining involuntary function such as heart rate and breathing. Paralysis of the swallowing muscles may also occur.