| Risk Factors for a stroke
- High blood pressure - #1 cause of stroke
- Diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Age (generally the older folks have a higher risk of stroke, but here in SA we see strokes occurring at a much younger age)
- Gender (males usually predominate as compared to women)
- Ethnicity (African Americans have the highest risk, Hispanics also have a high risk)
- Transient ischemic attack, also known as TIA.
- History of prior stroke
- Cardiac disease and a certain heart dysrhythmia called Atrial Fibrillation.
- Family history of stroke
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