{"id":3643,"date":"2025-10-13T13:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-kompetenznetz-2025.p695186.webspaceconfig.de\/patients\/information\/what-is-a-stroke\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T06:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:27:34","slug":"what-is-a-stroke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-schlaganfall.de\/en\/patients\/information\/what-is-a-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a stroke?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"gb-element-33a99403\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-161a92dc\">\n<h1 class=\"gb-text gb-text-38016bd3\">What is a stroke?<\/h1>\n\n\n<nav class=\"items-justified-right wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-89b4c9e9 wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Navigation\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container items-justified-right wp-block-navigation\"><li data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;submenuOpenedBy&quot;: { 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href=\"https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-schlaganfall.de\/patienten\/informationen\/risikofaktoren\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Risikofaktoren<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-schlaganfall.de\/patienten\/informationen\/vorbeugen\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Vorbeugen<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-82539f11\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-ace29183\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kompetenznetz Schlaganfall has also published a patient brochure on this topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text-083ad78b\"><span class=\"gb-shape\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" height=\"1em\" width=\"1em\" viewbox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M448 360V24c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24H96C43 0 0 43 0 96v320c0 53 43 96 96 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As a result of these processes, the nerve cells in the brain receive too little oxygen and nutrients and die. Other terms for a stroke are apoplexy, cerebral insult or cerebral infarction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How does a stroke occur?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A stroke can be caused by:<br\/>a lack of blood flow (ischemia) because a blood vessel leading to the brain suddenly becomes blocked, or a hemorrhage caused by the sudden rupture of a blood vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A circumscribed reduced blood flow (ischemia) of the brain is by far the most common cause of a stroke. It can come about in various ways.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-05a143d1\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-schlaganfall.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/thrombus.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2800 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Due to thrombosis:<\/strong><br\/>An artery becomes blocked by a blood clot, a thrombus, which has formed in a larger or smaller blood vessel in the brain. Such vascular occlusions do not usually occur in healthy cerebral vessels, but in those whose walls have already been damaged by arteriosclerosis, i.e. by calcium and fat deposits.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-schlaganfall.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/embolus.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2810 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Due to an embolism: <\/strong><br\/>The starting point is a blood clot that has formed in the heart or in the large vessels leading to the brain, e.g. the carotid artery. Parts of such a blood clot can break off and travel through the bloodstream to the brain, where they can block an important blood vessel.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:20% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kompetenznetz-schlaganfall.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blutung.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2811 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around 15% of strokes are caused <strong>by a burst blood vessel<\/strong> (hemorrhage or hemorrhage). Blood pours into the brain tissue.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a stroke? The Kompetenznetz Schlaganfall has also published a patient brochure on this topic: What is a stroke? A stroke is the result of a sudden circulatory disorder in the brain. As a result of these processes, the nerve cells in the brain receive too little oxygen and nutrients and die. 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