Dr Oz 5 Steps To Avoid Stroke Calculate Your Risk For A Stroke
Todays quests on the Dr Oz Show was Dr Carolyn Brockington and Dr Sacco. Dr Oz provided everyone in the studio audience with a pen and paper to do the Dr Oz Calculate Your Risk For A Stroke. The topic of discussion was how women have different symptoms for a stroke than men, the doctor’s went over the symptom checklist for women.
Dr Oz Stroke Symptoms in Women
It is important to recognize stroke symptoms and act quickly. Common stroke symptoms seen in both men and women:
- Sudden numbness or weakness of face, arm or leg — especially on one side of the body
- Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
- Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
- Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
- Sudden severe headache with no known cause
Women may report unique stroke symptoms:
- sudden face and limb pain
- sudden hiccups
- sudden nausea
- sudden general weakness
- sudden chest pain
- sudden shortness of breath
- sudden palpitations
Dr Oz Risk For Stroke
- High Blood Pressure You are at high risk for stroke if your blood pressure is anything over 140/90. If you don’t know your blood pressure, your doctor will assume that you are at high risk.
- High Cholesterol Your LDL cholesterol (the bad type of cholesterol) should be under 100 and your “good” cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, should be over 50. High cholesterol can result in plaque that travels down your arteries, potentially blocking off blood flow to your brain.
- Diabetes Your blood sugar should be under 100. If your number is larger, you have too much sugar percolating around that can damage the arteries. Additionally, excess sugar increases risk of plaque formation and narrows blood vessels in the brain.
- Smoking tightens blood vessels and increases blood pressure. It is a major cause of stroke, as it makes your blood more likely to clot.
- Sedentary Lifestyle Not exercising is a major risk factor. Exercise helps to minimize other risk factors by reducing blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure.
- Family History along with your gender and race are important risk factors. African-Americans and Latinas are up to twice as likely to have a stroke as a white woman.
Dr Oz 5 Steps To Avoid Stroke
1. Know Your 5 You can’t go to battle if you don’t know what you’re fighting against. Learn your numbers so you can focus on remedying the factors that put you at risk for stroke and other illnesses.
2. Do Cardio Exercise You don’t have to run a marathon – every little bit of cardiovascular exercise helps. Little things like taking the stairs or parking in the furthest away parking spot can add up to reduce your blood pressure.
3. Lose the Belly Fat Keep your waist size less than half of your height.
4. Eat Right Make sure that your diet includes leafy, green vegetables and colorful fruits. Avoid processed meats like ham, bacon and sausage that contain high amounts of fat and nitrates.
5. Monitor Your Medications Birth control pills can increase your blood’s ability to clot. Hormone replacement therapy combined with other factors can also put you at risk. Speak to your doctor to make sure your medicines are safe for you.
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