Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Cerebral strokes are one of the most serious problems contemporary medicine has to face. In most cases, stroke is a result of atherosclerosis, whose main risk factors include disorders of carbohydrate metabolism, arterial hypertension, hyperglycemia and tobacco smoking. In over 1/3 of those suffering from cerebral stroke, diabetes is also diagnosed; in about 2/3 of the sufferers, hyperglycemia is found in the initial phase of the illness. The combination of diabetes and cerebral stroke influences prognosis in a negative way. Diabetes increases the risk of occurrence of cerebral stroke, changes its clinical picture and has an impact on its consequences. Many-sided educational activities conducted among diabetes patients, including self-control and self-treatment of diabetes, as well as elimination of coexisting modifiable risk factors for cerebral ischemic stroke, contributes to reducing the number of cerebral incidents. Endocrinology, Obesity and Metabolic Disorders 2010, vol. 6, No 2, 93-100
Source: Via Medica Journals
Institution: Medical University of Białystok
Language: Polish
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2325800466