Exercise can help prevent severe strokes
Apart from keeping you fit and helping to control excessive weight gain, exercise also reduces your chances of getting a severe stroke. Your level of activity before the stroke is strongly related to how severe the stroke is and how long it takes you to recover.
If you were physically active before the stroke, recovery time is usually shorter than for people who have not been physically active. Physical activity does not mean running a marathon! Housework, gardening, walking the dog and mowing the lawn are all forms of exercise.
Exercise keeps the heart and blood vessels healthy and helps in weight control. If you add a healthy diet, don’t smoke, reduce alcohol intake and have a healthy body weight, you can decrease your stroke risk by up to 80%. No medication can do that for you!
Obese middle-aged women more likely to have stroke
The incidence of stroke has been rising in the US mainly due to an increase in the incidence of stroke in middle aged women. The main culprit is abdominal obesity according to recent research. The incidence of stroke between the ages of 35 and 54 years is twice as high in women as it is in men.
For some reason, abdominal obesity has a much greater impact on stroke in women than it does on men. This means that women need to be especially careful about their weight, especially in middle age and especially those that have risk factors which increase their risk of developing strokes.
Loud noises and high blood pressure
Loud noises at night may raise your blood pressure. Noises that we associate with everyday modern life like the sound of aeroplanes, cars and even music and snoring may not be enough to wake you up but they may raise your blood pressure according to recent research.
High blood pressure may lead to complications like stroke and heart disease.