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by Ray Barmore

Stroke Rises Among Pregnant Women

According to the CDC strokes have risen sharply in pregnant women and new moms. The reason according to the experts is that more of them are obese before they get pregnant and are suffering from high blood pressure and heart disease.

There is a program to help women called WISEWOMAN

The WISEWOMAN program is administered through CDC's Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP). The WISEWOMAN program provides low-income, under-insured or uninsured women with chronic disease risk factor screening, lifestyle intervention, and referral services in an effort to prevent cardiovascular disease. The priority age group is women aged 40–64 years.

CDC funds 21 WISEWOMAN programs, which operate on the local level in states and tribal organizations. WISEWOMAN programs provide standard preventive services including blood pressure and cholesterol testing. WISEWOMAN programs also offer testing for diabetes.

Women are not just tested and referred, but can also take advantage of lifestyle programs that target poor nutrition and physical inactivity, such as healthy cooking classes, walking clubs, or lifestyle counseling. Women who smoke are encouraged to quit and are referred to proactive quit lines or quit-smoking classes. The interventions vary from program to program, but all are designed to promote lasting, healthy lifestyle changes.

They provide nutritional support and help you with weight loss, even if it’s only to lose 10 pounds, or to lose that baby weight.

Stroke Facts

• Stroke is a leading cause of death in the United States. Over 800,000 people die in the U.S. each year from cardiovascular disease and strokes.¹
• A stroke, sometimes called a brain attack, occurs when a clot blocks the blood supply to the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.
• Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds. Every four minutes someone dies of stroke.²
• Every year, about 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke. About 610,000 of these are first or new strokes. About 185,000 people who survive a stroke eventually have another.²
• Stroke is an important cause of disability. In 2005, nearly 1.1 million stroke survivors reported difficulty performing basic activities of daily life.³
• In 2010, the estimated cost of stroke in the United States was $53.9 billion.2 This total includes the cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity.

Common stroke warning signs and symptoms include—

• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg—especially on one side of the body.
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding.
• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.
• Sudden severe headache with no known cause.
• You can’t control some stroke risk factors, such as heredity, age, gender, and ethnicity. Some medical conditions, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, overweight or obesity, and previous stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), can raise also your stroke risk. Not smoking, not drinking excessively, and getting exercise are all choices you can make to reduce your risk.

References

1. Miniño AM, Murphy SL, Xu J, Kochanek KD. Deaths: Final data for 2008 [PDF-2.9M]. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 59 no 10. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2011.

2. Roger VL, Go AS, Lloyd-Jones DM, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2011 update: a report from the American Heart Association . Circulation. 2011 Feb 1;123(4):e18-e209. Epub 2010 Dec 15.

3. CDC. Prevalence and most common causes of disability among adults—United States, 2005. MMWR 2009;58(16):421–426.

For more information on strokes, you can go to:

American Heart Association - http://stroke.ahajournals.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/stroke/
National Stroke Association – www.stroke.org/

Mayo Clinic - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stroke/DS00150/

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