What Are the Best Ways to Avoid a Stroke?

[LibraGirl123]

Originally Posted by 2nccoast

OP - Meditation and yoga, while useful, are not the best way to avoid strokes. Exercise, weight control and periodic EKGs would be better. My mother was 5' tall, 95 lbs, and quite active. She had a series of devastating strokes which ended up killing her. It turned out she had afib (atrial fibrillation) and that was the main reason behind her strokes.

My mother's stroke was also called by AFib. A blood clot formed in the area near her heart, and traveled to her brain, causing the stroke.

High Blood Pressure, Afib and Your Risk of Stroke

[mm4]

Originally Posted by SusanG_O

I've been thinking that meditation and/or yoga are the best ways to avoid having a stroke. My mother died from a big one at eighty three. I have hypertension, two dogs that bark so loudly and often that my ears have been ringing for six years, my daughter and her son "hate" each other and I never see them anymore (which is just as well I suppose but I miss him) and my husband watches tv from 8am to 9pm with lots of naps in between due to his many health issues. He is hard of hearing so it's not like the tv is quiet. I continue to worry about when he will hit the ground next. He has fallen so many times.
People are here right now pressure washing right on the other side of this wall and I can't find my earphones or whatever they're called. TIA

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