Stroke; therapeutic potentials

ABSTRACT

Stroke was defined according to WHO criteria as rapidly developing symptoms and I or signs of focal and at times global loss of cerebral function with no apparent cause other than that of vascular disease[1]. Stroke is grossly divided into either[2] 1]. Thrombotic. 2]. Embolic. 3].Hemorrhagic type [Which may be either intra cerebral bleed or subarachnoid hemorrhage]. The brain, like other organs of the body, requires an adequate vascular system in order to supply it with nutrients and oxygen and to remove metabolic wastes and carbon dioxide. Stabilization of medical problem with careful monitoring, and active prevention and timely management of secondary complications are of the utmost important for reducing stroke morality rates and avoiding further ischemic brain injury. For the ischemic cerebral lesion itself, as yet no treatment or combination of treatment has been established to be universally effective[3]. However, current studies allow for the following 5 potential therapeutic areas to be identified