Ortho Evra Can Cause Heart Attack: Sucks Out Your Energy Permanently

The Ortho Evra birth control patch has recently been found to increase the risk of stroke for its users. A stroke is a debilitating illness that sucks the life out of the people who have to contend with it. Heart attacks are similarly debilitating. The FDA has altered its label to reflect the possible dangers of the Ortho Evra Patch.

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A stroke--the third leading cause of death and the leading cause of disability in the US and Europe--occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted. (Jauch, 2005) In brain tissue, a reduction of blood flow, or cerebral ischemia, leads to an ischemic cascade, which can damage or kill brain cells. Death of brain tissue can lead to loss of the function controlled by that tissue.

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Types of stroke

Ischemic stroke

Stroke is classified by its cause into two main types: ischemic and hemorrhagic. In ischemic stroke, which occurs in approximately 85-90% of strokes, a blood vessel becomes obstructed and the blood supply to part of the brain is completely or partially blocked. Ischemic stroke is commonly divided into two types: thrombotic and embolic (Stroke Center, 2005).

Rarer types of stroke can also occur.(see below)

Embolic stroke

In embolic stroke, an embolus, or a travelling particle in a blood vessel, flows with the bloodstream into progressively smaller arteries until it becomes lodged, inhibiting passage of blood. An embolus is most frequently a blood clot, but it can also be plaque that has broken off from a blood vessel or other things including fat, air, and even cancerous cells (Perry and Miller, 1961).

An embolism may also form when the heart pumps ineffectively, allowing the blood to pool and coagulate, as in certain heart arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation.

Thrombotic stroke

In thrombotic stroke, the clot does not travel; it builds up and finally blocks off the artery where it forms. When there is a tear in an artery wall, platelets and clotting factors in the blood are drawn to the area and accumulate there, forming a clot. They send out chemicals that can trigger a clotting cascade.

Arterial clots usually form around atherosclerotic plaques. Since obstruction takes longer, the onset of thrombotic strokes is slower.

Blood flow can also be restricted in a condition called arterial stenosis, in which plaque builds up on the artery wall, causing the vessel to become narrow and stiff.

Hemorrhagic stroke

Hemorrhagic stroke, or intracranial hemorrhage, occurs in about 10% of strokes, when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, spilling blood into the spaces surrounding the brain cells. Hemorrhagic strokes generally carry a greater risk of death and permanent disability than ischemic strokes.

Watershed stroke

A small proportion of strokes are watershed strokes, which are caused by hypoperfusion (usually due to hypotension, or low blood pressure) or other vascular problems including vasculitis. Hypoperfusion is a lack of blood flow, which may have various causes.

A watershed stroke occurs when the brain tissue between major arteries has been damaged from lack of blood flow. In a watershed stroke, blood flow to the area is not stopped, but is instead lessened to the point where brain damage occurs.

Rarer types of stroke

Venous obstruction can obstruct flow so that an infarction occurs. This commonly occurs in the rare disease sinus vein thrombosis.

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