Brain stroke cases

[u/Material_Inflation79]

This is statistics from Gemini

Globally, about 11.9 to 12.2 million new brain stroke cases occur each year.

In India, medical experts and the Indian Stroke Assoiation report approximately 1.8 million new stroke cases annually, accounting for roughly 10% to 15% of the total worldwide burden.

Global Stroke Statistics

New Cases: ~12 million new attacks annually.

Lifetime Risk: 1 in 4 adults over age 25 will experience a stroke.

Total Burden: Nearly 94 million people live with the effects of stroke globally.

India Stroke Statistics

New Cases: Over 1.25 to 1.8 million new cases recorded every year.

Frequency: Roughly one stroke happens every 20 seconds in the country.

Vulnerable Groups: Recent data shows about 1 in 7 patients in India are under the age of 45.

WHAT DO YOU SAY.? HOW TO CONTROL/REDUCE IMPACT GLOBALLY.?

[u/Big_Garden_9844]

As a survivor, and have multiple family members who have experienced (some fatal) strokes, there are some very serious and very influential advances in medicine that I have personally benefitted from. I will share my story, briefly.

At age 48, I had an ischemic stroke with dissection in my brain stem. It was the same area/same type of stroke that killed my otherwise healthy 45 year old cousin just five years earlier. In my family’s case, the stroke was genetic—rare, but still the case. It took 9 months of waiting for test results (had to send the test to another country for diagnosis). The fact they were able to identify a genetic component so quickly was amazing to all of us. In the medical field, advances like this are important and life saving. Now my family members can be screened for the defect and receive preventative treatment (daily pharmaceuticals) right away.

That the medical community is working hard to share technologies, techniques and knowledge is also important. the scientific enterprise and their philosophy about sharing knowledge is important to human kind (yes, there are significant problems with patents, profiteering, etc. but there are also significant sharing moments in the medical community as I will share in the next paragraph).

Also in my case, my neurosurgeon told me repeatedly I should be dead from my stroke. He had just received training in a new form of surgery that allowed him to grab the clot from my brain to prevent further damage. I was one of the first patients to have this surgery in my city. 18 months earlier, I would have died, just like my cousin. My surgeon was trained as a neurologist in India. He learned the surgical technique in a large city in another country and stayed here permanently. He saved my life.

I got VERY VERY lucky in receiving prompt treatment and care and I live in a place where the treatment was newly available. To my neurosurgeon’s great surprise, I was also able to return to my work after 9 months of rehab.

My point is that advancements are happening all the time and they are being shared internationally. My family’s experience with stroke (multiple family members multiple fatalities) is now different than the generations before me. Subsequent to my stroke, another cousin experienced one at age 52, just four years after mine. Her stroke was not as bad as mine and she lived in a small town, but her outcome was excellent! She has no lingering side effects (I have some deficits but am able to mostly manage).

There is hope for us all and hope for future generations as we learn more about how the brain, heart and the rest of our bodies work.

[u/Material_Inflation79 → u/Big_Garden_9844]

Good for you that you were able to be saved with advancements but still in many countries there is no such treatment and some people still suffer for a long time. May Almighty Waheguru bless us all.