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This 12 page paper looks at the way in which a patient admitted to hospital may be diagnosed as suffering from an ischemic stroke, the potential symptoms, the risk factors the importance of the prehistory of the patient as well as differential diagnosis, considering conditions that may mimic a stroke. The bibliography cites 13 sources.
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many conditions early diagnosis is essential in order to treat effectively and prevent further harm. In the case of Freeling when looking at the symptoms and history and well as
undertaking a differential diagnosis it appears the most likely diagnosis is an acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. To assess this the symptoms and presentation of ischemic stroke or
transient ischemic attack need to be considered and compared with hemorrhagic stroke, which may then allow a comparison against the symptoms of Jack. Once this has been considered there is
also a requirement to assess other conditions that may be explained by the symptoms. Ischemic stroke is the most common type of stroke, with literature indicating that this accounts
for about 80% of all strokes (Brott and Bogousslavsky, 2000). A stroke occurs where there is blockage or rupture in an artery in the brain which results in a cerebral
infarction (the death of an area of brain tissue) following the denial of oxygen and glucose to that area of the brain. Ischemic strokes usually occur where there is a
blockage, often this will be a blood clot. Hemorrhagic stroke occurs where there is a rupture of the artery (Caplan, 2009). The
general symptoms of strokes, both ischemic and hemorrhagic, and transient ischemic attack will have a sudden onset (Caplan, 2009). The general symptoms may include a sudden weakness or paralysis of
one side of the body; this may half of the face a single limb or the entire body (Goldstein and Simel, 2005). The area of weakness or paralysis will depend
on the location in which the damage to the brain occurred, for example if the area of the brain that controls the left leg is impacted this is where the
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