What is Ischemic Stroke?

An ischemic stroke is a life-threatening medical condition that happens when there’s a lack of blood flow to a part of your brain. These usually happen because of blood clots, but they can also happen for other reasons.

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What is the Symptoms of an Ischemic Stroke?

• One-sided weakness or paralysis.

• Aphasia (difficulty with or loss of speaking ability).

• Slurred or garbled speaking (dysarthria).

• Loss of muscle control on one side of your face or facial droop.

• Sudden loss — either partial or total — of one or more senses (vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch).

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What cause Ischemic Strokes?

Ischemic strokes usually involve certain processes. These are:

• Formation of a clot in your brain (thrombosis).

• A fragment of a clot that formed elsewhere in your body that breaks free and travels through your blood vessels until it gets stuck in your brain (embolism).

• Small vessel blockage (lacunar stroke).

• Unknown reasons (these are cryptogenic strokes; the word “cryptogenic” means “hidden origin”).​​

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