Probability of Stroke Recovery

Women are more likely to have the complication of loss of speech after having a stroke, and those taking the anti-convulsive medication phenytoin are more likely to have a worse outcome after a stroke. Research, however, is starting to codify how to create better outcomes for those who have suffered this traumatic cardiovascular event.

Importance of Exercise

• The International Journal of Stroke reports that the amount of recovery exercises performed over time has a direct relationship to the outcome of a patient's ability to recover movement. Computer gaming systems are now being tested for many patients with neurological injury in order to make rehabilitation exercises more widely accessible.

Exercise and Recovery

• A 2010 article in the journal Human Brain Mapping suggests that physical exercises designed to use the areas of the brain not affected by the stroke can be very helpful in recovering intricate movement of the limbs and extremities.

Immediate Treatment

• Immediate treament after a stroke is critical

  Immediate treatment after stroke is crucial. The Lancet reports that treatment with anti-clotting medicine after a stroke should occur within three hours of the event. The journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine reports positive preliminary results when laboratory rodents are given curcumin oil shortly after stroke.

Low-Dose Aspirin

• Low-dose aspirin has been shown to prevent strokes.

  In 2000, the journal Neurologic Clinics reported that patients with history of stroke were able to prevent strokes from occurring with low doses of aspirin.

Angiotensin Receptor Blockers

• The journal of Hypertension reported in January 2010 that those taking a particular class of high-blood pressure medication called angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) are more likely to have better outcomes after a stroke than those who are not taking these medications.