STUDY OF RISK FACTORS OF STROKE IN PATIENTS VISITING NEUROLOGY OPD, NIUM, BANGALORE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO UNANI MEDICINE
S. Javed Ali*, Abdul Nasir Ansari and Mohd Anwar
ABSTRACT
Stroke is the one of the common neurological disease causing of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Stroke usually results of a number of predisposing conditions that originated years before the disease. Estimation of risks factors in population is not only assistive for health care providers but also important to key out persons at elevated risk and to select proper treatments in clinical studies. The aim of the present study was to identify the prevalence of common modifiable risk factors of stroke in patients of either gender, (age group 18 to 64 yrs) with history of stroke longer than 3 months, visiting Neurology OPD, National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore with special reference to Unani Medicine. , They main inference of study was that diabetes mellitus and smoking are the important risk factors of stroke. This study revalidated risk factors described by ancient Unani Medicine scholars.
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