Now you need to understand how to manage the rehabilitation process to achieve maximum recovery. A stroke is a more or less sudden interference with the circulation of blood in a part of the brain.
Damage occurs to the brain.
When the flow of blood, oxygen and nutrients are stopped from reaching a portion of the brain, this portion of the brain begins to die. The effect depends entirely on the size and situation of the affected area. High blood pressure greatly increases the risk of a stroke and one of the reasons for treating high blood pressure is that the risk of a stroke is greatly diminished. Read more about high blood pressure on our Hypertension page . There is no single underlying cause of stroke and all the reasons why strokes occur are still not fully understood.