Category Archives: Treatment

The standard treatment for stroke, I feel, does not actually treat a stroke. It treats the risk factors associated with the condition. High blood pressure is treated with blood pressure medication, a clot is treated with anti-clotting medication and high cholesterol with statin medication. Despite this, many stroke victims go on to have two, three or more strokes. There are other risk factors that doctors’ consider and even treat. Some for conditions that we don’t even have but strokes continue to occur.