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According to the World Stroke Organisation, up to 90% of strokes could be prevented by addressing a small number of risk factors.

If you manage the factors that damage your arteries or together with your doctor you manage the other risk factors that could cause blood clots, you can to a large extend prevent stroke from happening.

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Smoking

Smoking

Smokers inhale many harmful gasses. These gasses could increase your blood pressure and damage your arteries making them hard and inelastic, which could lead to stroke. Your body can heal the damaged arteries if you allow it. If you stop smoking, your blood pressure recovers from nicotine spikes after just 20 minutes. After 1 year, your risk of artery disease is cut in half.

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Department of Education and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, 156 Egnatia Str., P.C.54636, Thessaloniki, Greece, Tel: +30 2310 891630, E-mail: For queries please write to hproios@uom.gr

This campaign was developed by the Department of Education and Social Policy of the University of Macedonia and has been made possible by the support from the Angels Initiative. The Angels Initiative is a Healthcare improvement project aimed at improving stroke care across the world. This is achieved by helping set up new Stroke Ready Hospitals and improving the quality of care in existing Stroke hospitals. The eventual goal is that all stroke patients have access to the same level of care irrespective of where they are in the world. The Angels Initiative is an initiative by Boehringer Ingelheim and is endorsed by the World Stroke Organisation (WSO), The European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and has as partners supporting the initiative the Stroke Alliance For Europe (SAFE) and Medtronic. For more information visit the website at www.angels-initiative.com

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