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Available Therapies
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Physicians have a wide range of therapies to choose from when determining a stroke patient's best therapeutic plan. The type of stroke therapy a patient should receive depends upon the stage of disease. Generally there are three treatment stages for stroke:
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1. Prevention
Therapies to prevent a first or recurrent stroke are based on treating an individual's underlying risk factors for stroke.
Preventive measures are numerous for all of the risk factors associated with stroke.
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2. Therapy immediately after stroke
Acute stroke therapies try to stop a stroke while it is happening by quickly dissolving a blood clot causing the stroke or by stopping the bleeding of a hemorrhagic stroke.
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3. Post-stroke rehabilitation
The purpose of post-stroke rehabilitation is to overcome disabilities that result from stroke damage.
Therapies for stroke include medications,
surgery, or rehabilitation.
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