In general, the strokes that occur in brain are classified into two types that include Ischemic stroke and Hemorrhagic stroke. In case of person suffering with Ischemic stroke, the blood vessel gets blocked and the patient may become disabled. But when it comes to hemorrhagic stroke, it’s quite dangerous and can lead to death as the blood vessels breaks and damages one side of the brain.
In United States, for every 40 seconds a patient gets admitted into the hospital due to brain stroke and in every 4 minutes, an American dies due to stroke. Few major causes that lead to stroke include high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and high amount of cholesterol in body.