Stroke

Stroke is a term used to describe internal bleeding and its accompanying symptoms. Historically, the term originated in the medical profession to describe the phenomenon of patients suddenly becoming debilitated and losing consciousness. Why a stroke would occur was not well understood until the mid to late 19th century. Patients may have been bleeding from a organ internal organ or vessels in its brain and the diagnosis was still stroke. Symptoms included everything from dizziness, confusion, weakness and loss of consciousness. Eventually, it was understood that a stroke arises from internal haemorrhage and can occur in a wide variety of organs and tissues.

Once this was understood, the term was eventually dropped and replaced with more specific terms that describe exactly where the bleeding is occurring. An ovarian apoplexy, for example, is weakness and unconsciousness caused by bleeding in the ovaries. A cerebral stroke can now be more accurately described based on advanced imaging of the brain. A brain aneurysm , or a balloon-like enlargement of blood vessels in the brain, can cause stroke if it leaks or bursts. bloodThe stroke may be a stroke of the brain, rupture completely, or even put pressure on other vessels and parts of the brain. Therefore, doctors now prefer not to simply refer to a stroke, but to describe the actual organ and vessel that leaks blood and causes the patient to lose consciousness.

It should also be noted that stroke has also been used to describe frustration, metaphorically. Historically, it was assumed that tension in the arteries caused apoplexy. Therefore, people associated it with being overly frustrated and stressed. We now understand that diet and exercise are more responsible for clogged arteries. It is unlikely that a healthy person could simply get frustrated enough to start bleeding internally.