STROKE

THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS

Abstract

Stroke was defined according to WHO criteria as rapidly developing
symptoms and / or signs of focal and at times global loss of cerebral function with no apparent cause other than that
of vascular disease1. Stroke is grossly divided into either2 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 effective3. However, current studies allow for the following 5 potential therapeutic areas
to be identified.