By Samachar Vishesh News
Chandigarh 25th October:- To Create awareness on World Brain Stroke Day a team of Doctors from
Paras Super specialty Hospital Panchkula, addressed the media person today.
Present on the occasion were Dr Prof Vivek Gupta, Senior Consultant
Interventional Neuroradiology & Dr Deepak Gupta, Associate
Director, Neurology from Paras Specialty Hospital, Panchkula.
Addressing the media
person Dr Vivek Gupta said that stroke is emerging as the new epidemic in
India with 1.5 to 2.0 million new stroke cases being reported across the
country every year. The actual numbers are bound to be higher as many of these
patients never reach health care facilities. Everyday around 3000-4000 stroke
happen in India and not more than 2-3% are treated. Worldwide incidence
rate of stroke in 60-100 cases per 100,000 populations per year whereas in
India it is close to 145-145 cases per 100,000/year. The reason for increased
incidence in India is lack of awareness about the disease per se and the
methods of prevention.
Dr Vivek Gupta
said Stroke is of two types: ischemic and hemorrhagic. Ischemic
stroke means that the blood supply to a portion of brain is cut off due to a
clot with resulting brain damage. It is similar to heart attack where blood
supply to a part of heart is blocked and that’s why it is also
called BRAIN ATTACK. The other type is hemorrhagic in which there is
bleeding in the brain.
Treatment of ischemic
stroke is done by intravenous injection of a drug which can dissolve the clot.
Earlier patients reaching after 4-5 hours had no definite treatment options and
were managed conservatively with supportive care.
Now because of a new technique
called “Mechanical Thrombectomy” which is available now in Paras Hospital
Panchkula , these patients can be treated up to 6hrs and in selected cases till
24 hours. In this technique the clot is either aspirated or taken out of the
brain with the help of a stent without opening the brain.
The other type of stroke in
which there is bleeding can occur either due to increased blood pressure or due
to a condition known as cerebral aneurysm, where a brain artery becomes week,
bulges like a balloon and ultimately bursts. One third of these patients die
before reaching the hospital, half of those who reach in time are left with
serious disabilities.
For years the only
treatment for the aneurysms stroke was open brain surgery. But now with the
advent of technology we have a minimally invasive way of treating aneurysms
without opening the brain.
Interacting with Media persons
Dr. Deepak Gupta said that developing countries like India are facing a double
burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Stroke is one of the
leading causes of death and disability in India. The rest are
paralysed as they are brought in late to super speciality hospitals and cannot
be administered clot buster drugs. As such we need to make a conscious effort
to sensitize people about these diseases, the right course of treatment and
preventive measures that will help them deal with problems.
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