World Stroke Day: #GreaterThan Stroke Active Challenge

Join the #GreaterThan Stroke Active Challenge on World Stroke Day 2024 to promote stroke prevention through sports and healthy living.

Highlights:

The "#GreaterThan Stroke Active Challenge" emphasizes physical activity to prevent strokes
Recognizing stroke symptoms early can save lives; remember FAST
Rehabilitation and emotional support are vital for stroke survivors

World Stroke Day is celebrated on the 29th of October every year. The idea for this year is to attract people’s attention with the help of references to sports and active lifestyles to promote the problem of stroke prevention and to persuade people to change their habits for the better ().

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‘Did You Know?
Regular physical activity can reduce stroke risk by up to 30%. #strokeawareness #worldstrokeday #medindia’

Celebration Day of Year : World Stroke Day 2024

The theme of the “#GreaterThan Stroke Active Challenge” is directed at a number of factors pointing to the importance of physical activity in preventing stroke. It continues to popularize the pursuit of sports and exercise as a way to a healthier life or healthier existence . To this end the campaign stresses continuity of the effort and encourages a sense of people’s unity of purpose in preventing stroke.

The goal of the campaign which includes to raising the awareness of the populace about the symptoms, risks, and prevention methods of stroke, encouraging the populace to adopt regular exercise into their habits and creating venues for organized sports, and challenges within communities.

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What is Stroke?

A stroke could be defined as any assault on the brain by virtue of obstruction, constriction or damage to the blood-supplying tissue or an infarction, as this is due to a pathology that interferes in a varied way to the arterial blood supply to the tissue of the brain. There are two main types of stroke:

Ischemic Stroke: It happens when one of the blood vessels in the brain is occluded, due to a clot for instance.
Hemorrhagic Stroke: It happens if there is a rupture of the blood vessels in the brain that leads to intra-cerebral or intraventricular hemorrhage.

The acronym FAST is used to help identify the signs:

F - Face Drooping: This sign is usually explained as a unilateral weakness of such structures or of sensation such as the face that may sag.
A - Arm Weakness: One arm may be weak or numb.
S - Speech Difficulty: Dysarthria in particular, may affect the rates and even pitch or quality of the way a person speaks.
T - Time to call for help: These symptoms are best discussed with the doctor, but if they arise, the patient should call a doctor and an ambulance.In this article, these physical exercises are said to help minimize the chances of a stroke.

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Physical Activities in Reducing the Risk of Stroke

This implies that people should take any form of exercise if they want to minimize their chance of getting a stroke to the bare minimum. The "#GreaterThan Stroke Active Challenge" encourages individuals to engage in:

Aerobic Exercise: Activities that involve the heart such as walking, running, swimming, cycling are good for the heart.
Strength Training: Muscle strength can help the whole body and metabolism.
Flexibility and Balance Exercises: In the area of balance and falls particularly on elderly, exercise such as Yoga and tai chi can have an outstanding benefit.

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Rehabilitation and Support for Stroke

Rehabilitation and Support for Stroke needs as importantly as at any other era of life to make a long-term difference.

It will take some time, for instance, the affected person will spend some time in need of some help; thus, stroke survivors need rehabilitation to try and get back their skills. Rehabilitation may include:

Physical Therapy: Physical therapy improves the body’s ability to move, or muscularity, for those who do not have it or are losing it or have atypical versions.
Occupational Therapy: To pursue tasks that are typical for the lives of their human counterparts, thus serving as concepts of related human activities.
Speech Therapy: It could be used for speaking and swallowing difficulties.
Emotional and Social Support: Strokes can also lead to very severe emotional outcomes. The families and friends should also be engaged besides the therapeutic support groups as are part of the recovery process. Carrying out regular communal activities and participation in sporting activities as well can assist the stroke survivors get a purposeful feeling.

World Stroke Day 2024 featuring theme #GreaterThan Stroke Active Challenge makes the world more conscious and active in the fight against stroke. Joint effort can be made to adopt an active standard of living and prevent the occurrence of the stroke which is a major health concern by supporting the victims. It is time for us all to become Greater than Stroke.

References:

World Stroke Day 2024 - (https://www.world-stroke.org/world-stroke-day-campaign/world-stroke-day-2024)

Source-Medindia