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PHOTO COURTESY BAPTIST HEALTH CORBIN As a neurologist , Dr . Kolikonda diligently reviews brain scans to determine the cause of an ailment and the prognosis moving forward .
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The damage that a stroke can cause is significant . Effects can range from weakness in one side of the body to total loss of limb control ; strokes can also create difficulties with speech and maintaining fine motor control over extremities .
Unlike some other ailments , strokes are acute and sudden . There is no reliable method to ascertain when a stroke may or may not occur . However , despite the lack of predictably for when a stroke may occur , there are , like other ailments , risk factors that have been proven to contribute to strokes .
These are some of the most common risk factors for strokes : smoking , diabetes , heart disease , high cholesterol , obesity , a sedentary lifestyle , alcohol abuse , age , and genetics .
While it is true that some people are , by the nature of genetics , more likely to experience a stroke , it is also true that there are things one can do in order to protect oneself from a stroke .
According to Dr . Kolikonda , maintaining an active lifestyle is one
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