{"id":7627,"date":"2015-06-01T13:37:01","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T13:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/self-help-4-stroke-plugin-upgrade.local\/?p=7627"},"modified":"2024-08-22T12:56:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:56:46","slug":"what-is-a-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/?p=7627","title":{"rendered":"What is a stroke?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stroke is a brain attack. It happens when the blood supply to the brain is disrupted. Most strokes occur when a blood clot blocks the flow of blood to the brain. Some strokes are caused by bleeding in or around the brain from a burst blood vessel. Have a look at the animations below to see how this can happen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ischaemic stroke<\/strong><br \/>\nIn an ischaemic stroke the blood vessel is blocked by a blood clot, which interrupts the brain&#8217;s blood supply. (This video does not have sound).<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JZ9JUU29r8A?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Haemorrhagic stroke<\/strong><br \/>\nHaemorrhagic strokes occur when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures and bleeds into the surrounding brain tissue. (This video does not have sound).<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jp7F1s28g18?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"wp-spoiler-1\" class=\"wp-spoiler wpui-hashable wpui-narrow wpui-styles\" data-style=\"wpui-narrow\">  <h3 class=\"wp-spoiler-title wpui-hashable fade-true slide-true open-false\">More Information<\/h3><div class=\"wpui-hidden wp-spoiler-content\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Opens new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chss.org.uk\/documents\/2013\/08\/e17_tia-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chest Heart &amp; Stroke Scotland: TIA, Transient Ischaemic Attack [.pdf]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>  <\/div><!-- end div.wp-spoiler -->\n<p>Now lets answer some common questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stroke is a brain attack. It happens when the blood supply to the brain is disrupted. Most strokes occur when a blood clot blocks the flow of blood to the brain. Some strokes are caused by bleeding in or around the brain from a burst blood vessel. Have a look at the animations below [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-is-a-stroke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7627"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8235,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627\/revisions\/8235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.selfhelp4stroke.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}