A serial killer is out there in the city. The news featuring the killer is on air constantly. One after one victim is being reported. Victim’s family would be giving heartbreaking caution of the impending danger. Until and unless the killer is stopped for ever, you are always in risk to be the next.

The killer is adjudged as the second top killer among all In the United States although people know very little about this killer. One person is being killed in every second minutes and one person is getting injured, (the injury will have to be carried throughout the life) in each 43rd seconds.

Who the hell is this killer? STROKE – yes the stroke. The mysterious killer. A total of eight persons got attacked of them at least two have died by the time you are reading this article throughout the world. No other killer like cancer or any other infectious disease is so deadly like this.

Often we confuse the heart attack with stroke. Stroke occurred in brain and heart attack, you know, at heart. The basic principal of this two diseases are the same. Origin is accumulation of plaque inside the blood vessels due to increase level of lipid in blood. Stroke occurs due to total occlusion or decrease of blood supply in the minute vessels, followed by cell damage inside the brain. We, the general mass people know very little about stroke. What we know- any one of our grandparents suffered form stroke. What we need to know is, stroke can attack anyone at any stage of his or her life. So all of us to beware of it.

At present about 5 million stroke survivors in United States- report from American Stroke Association. To protect yourself from the attack of deadly stroke you need to know some easy tips.

If you identify the stroke you can protect complicacies very early. Because right now you are feeling well, after a few moments you may be a victim. Usually people say “I’m not feeling well”. Usually pass it with “no problem, it’ll be ok”. But this may the symptoms of impending stroke. Please do not overlook if you start feeling of sudden weakness of any part of the body usually any half of the body, sudden misunderstanding, memory loss, severe headache, and difficulty in speaking, hearing and recognizing, difficulty in sight, problem in balance maintaining and walking.

Try to pay heed to your body. People do not have much time in hand to be sick in these busy days! They think “it is nothing, if I care of it I will have to lose my time and money”. Please do not think like that. Stroke never features with all symptoms in a particular person. Only one or two can occur. So you must be an attentive listener of your body.

Always maintain regular lifestyle. Proper timing in sleep, food intake should be maintained. One research showed who sleeps at least 6 hours a day, chance of stroke attack reduce by 33%. Try to add fibrous foods to your diet list. It will reduce your blood cholesterol level.
Always be in immediate action if you feel that you are attacked by stroke. Remember this is brain attack; people who suffered, express the situation as they are buried live. They want to live actively but the killer has changed their life.