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Health Encyclopedia: Stroke Secondary To Atherosclerosis

Symptoms

Weakness or total inability to move a body part
Numbness , loss of sensation
Tingling or other abnormal sensations
Decreased or loss of vision, which may be partial and/or temporary
Language difficulties (aphasia)
Inability to recognize or identify sensory stimuli (agnosia)
Loss of memory
Facial paralysis
Eyelid drooping
Vertigo (abnormal sensation of movemen...

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Expert & Community Posts

Cholesterol Education Month: Fiber and Cholesterol

By Dr. Kang , Health Expert

...the effect of Lipitor (atorvastatin) in reducing cholesterol levels. I am not aware of any... Read more »

Keep Your Heart in Tick Tock Shape

By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...(AHA). Worse yet, 17 percent of Americans have a blood cholesterol level over 240, which puts... Read more »

Keep Your Heart in Tick Tock Shape

By Heather Reese , Health Expert

...(AHA). Worse yet, 17 percent of Americans have a blood cholesterol level over 240, which puts... Read more »

Dangers of Too Low Cholesterol: Are You at Risk?

By Lisa Nelson, RD, LN , Health Expert

...many people are doing everything they can to lower cholesterol levels as much as possible. This... Read more »

Natural Treatment Options for Lowering Cholesterol

By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert

...Control) and Sitostanol (Benechol) can reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol levels by up to 10%. Soy... Read more »

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Infertility In Women: Causes

...disorders, as well as antidepressants, hormones, pain killers, and antipsychotic drugs.Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory bowel disease (particularly Crohn's disease or surgery for... Read more »

Cholesterol: Stroke, Brain Function

...stroke, a less common type ofstroke caused by bleeding in the brainthat isassociated with low overall cholesterol levels.The build-up of plaque in the internal carotid artery may lead to narrowing... Read more »

Cholesterol Risk Factors

About half of all American adults have total cholesterol levels over 200 mg/dL. Over 25% have been told by doctors that they have unhealthy levels. Total cholesterol levels have been... Read more »

High Cholesterol Diagnosis and Testing

...associated with the inflammatory response and a higher risk for heart attack, even in people with normal cholesterol levels.CRP is also associated with high blood pressure, insulin resistance (the... Read more »

Symptoms of High Cholesterol

There are no warning signs for high LDL cholesterol levels. When symptoms finally occur, they usually take the form of angina or heart attack in response to the buildup of atherosclerotic... Read more »

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