After a mild stroke, does it occur again for the second time?

Question

and after the second mild stroke attack, is it fatal? thasnks

Answer 1

There are a lot of different factors regarding strokes but most often if you have had one you are at increased risk of having another. Below is a list of statistics of stroke from the American Heart & Stroke Association. There are also lots that you can do to prevent having another stroke. There is no telling which one will be fatal and a person can actually have many storkes.

Stroke Statistics

Stroke killed 157,804 people in 2003. It's the third largest cause of death, ranking behind "diseases of the heart" and all forms of cancer. Stroke is a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States (preliminary mortality).
About 5,500,000 stroke survivors are alive today. 2,400,000 are males and 3,000,000 are females.
Data from GCNKSS studies show that about 700,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. About 500,000 of these are first attacks and 200,000 are recurrent attacks.
In 2003, females accounted for 61.0 percent of stroke deaths.
From 1993 to 2003 the death rate from stroke declined 18.5 percent, and the actual number of stroke deaths declined 0.7 percent (preliminary).
The 2003 death rates per 100,000 population for stroke were 51.9 for white males and 78.8 for black males, and 50.5 for white females and 69.1 for black females (preliminary).
For stroke information, call the American Stroke Association at 1-888-4-STROKE. For information on life after stroke, ask for the Stroke Family Support Network.

Related AHA and ASA publications:

Targeting the Facts... heart disease, stroke and risks
Stroke: Are You at Risk? (also in Spanish on ASA Web site)
Warning Signs of Stroke (Quick and Easy Reading) (also in Spanish on ASA Web site)
¿Ha Oído lo Último? (in Spanish)
Smoking and Your Risk of Stroke
High Blood Pressure and Stroke
How Stroke Affects Behavior
Living with Disability after Stroke
Being a Stroke Family Caregiver
Caring for Someone with Aphasia
Sex After Stroke
We're Talking About Women and Stroke (Quick and Easy Reading) (also in Spanish)
Statistical Fact Sheets
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update
Stroke Family Support Network Packets

Coping With Changes — Behavior and Rehabilitation
Taking On a New Challenge
Reducing Your Risk — Prevention
Supporting Stroke Families — Group Leader
Taking Care — Caregiver
Living With Aphasia
Helping Your Patients — Professional

Hope this helped in some small way!
Take Care

Answer 2

If any one had stroke there is a good chance to get another one ... and because that after the person had stroke the physican give him or her anticoagulant drugs to decrease the possbilitis to have another one .. is it fatal ? u can't determine, it is dependent on the site of the attack .. but i know some one who had it 5 times and still alive !

Answer 3

IF you don't make the changes that your doctor has ordered, then yes, of course it can occur again. Evenif you do, you're not guaranteed to never have another stroke.

A second or subsequent stroke isn't necessarily fatal.

Answer 4

Unfortunately, yes it can. This depends, in part, on what caused the stroke ( blocked carotids, irregular heartbeat, hypercoagulable disorderes). Most of this can be treated and the risk of having a repeat episode can be sharply reduced. But it will never be zero. MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW DR'S ORDERS.

Answer 5

Strokes can recur. They are not always fatal: My grandfather has had 4 that I can think of. But they are not pleasant, for the victim or for the victim's family.

Answer 6

if you had mild stroke attack, chances are you wll have subsequent attacks. but you can help it by changing your lifestyle like what your diet, exercises and drugs from the doctor. you go to your doctor regularly and monitor your blood pressure. if you're diabetic, monitor your sugar.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

A. Yes you can have it again.
B. Your MD should be the one you're asking these questions to.
C. You should also be on a "program" which will lesson the chances of another incident.
D. Read a few books on the subject (it's your life, don' be ignorant..... ignorance kills).

Answer 9

ON 8-16-06 I HAD A SERIES OF T.I.A.'S OR MINI-STROKES.
THEY LEFT ME A BIT FORGETFUL AND MY EYESIGHT GOT WORSE AS A DIRECT CAUSE.
I NOW TAKE BLOOD THINNERS AND PRAY I DON'T GET ANOTHER ONE............CHANCES ARE I WILL. I'M NOT AFRAID I'LL DIE, I'M AFRAID I'LL LIVE IN DIAPERS AND A NURSING HOME.