What is hypertension?
What is high blood pressure?
100
FAST: Face Drooping, Arm Weakness, Speech Difficulty, Time to Call.
What are stroke warning signs and symptoms?
100
The quickest, painless way to test for hypertension?
What is a blood pressure reading/check ?
100
The number one ingredient to avoid when taking a dietary approach to stop hypertension?
What is salt?
100
Stroke is more common in this gender.
What is female?
200
An interruption of blood flow to the brain by a clot or ruptured vessel?
What is stroke?
200
Paralysis, Speech and Language Problems, Vision loss, Behavioral Issues, and Memory Loss
What are effects of a stoke?
200
List three ways to prevent high blood pressure?
What is physical activity, weight loss, limit alcohol, avoid tobacco, manage stress, and diet.
200
These terms (pickled, cured, soy sauce, broth, MSG, baking soda, and brine) indicate _________.
What is high salt content?
200
Up to this percentage of strokes is preventable.
What is 80%?
300
A "mini stroke" or "warning stroke" caused by a temporary clot.
What is TIA?
300
*Vascular weakness
*Increased risk of blood clots, heart attack, and stroke
*Tissue and organ damage
*Blocked arteries
These are all consequences of __________.
What is high blood pressure?
300
The acronym FAST stands for these four components of stroke assessment.
What are Facial drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, and Time to call 911?
300
Less than 1,500 mg of sodium per day
What is the AHA recommendation of Salt intake?
300
Someone in the US has a stroke this often.
What is 40 seconds?
400
Anticoagulants and thrombotics increase the risk of this type of stroke.
What is hemorrhagic Stroke?
400
This ethnic group has almost double the risk of first-time stroke as compared to Caucasians
What is African-American?
400
The quickest, painless way to test for hypertension?
What is blood pressure reading/check ?
400
1/2 teaspoon salt
What is 1200mg of sodium?
400
This is the approximate % of stroke survivors who experience a second stroke in the first year following a stroke.
What is 14 %?
500
The most common type of stroke.
What is Ischemic Stroke?
500
This endocrine disease increases someone's risk of stroke up to 4% more than someone without this disease.
What is diabetes?
500
Quick diagnostic test to evaluate for bleeding
What is CT scan?
500
Don’t miss breakfast, move salt shaker off the table, eat high fiber food, eat a diet rich in vegetables and fruits, eat fish at least twice a week, limit saturated fat and trans fat.