The end of the world, if any, and will be held, is unlikely to resemble a Hollywood blockbuster with crashing into the Earth by asteroids and all-absorbing floods. The main weapon of Apocalypse will mow down earthlings without superfluous movie effects. But the body count will go into the millions.

The other day in Moscow hosted a press conference dedicated to strokes and heart attacks. Among cardiovascular disease leading to death of the patient, heart attack is worldwide the first place, and stroke is the second. In General, among fatal cardiovascular diseases are in the first place, and cope with, the mankind does not succeed. Moreover, there is a growth in: who predicts that by 2050 the stroke will affect people in three times often than now.

In the world today is known about 30 thousand diseases, although only a third of them mankind could invent medicines. The creation of one drug costs, on average, $1 billion and accounts for 12 years. Just this summer on the Russian market drugs to prevent stroke of a new generation. We are talking about anticoagulants, i.e. on medications to thin the blood and prevent the formation of blood clots. According to Professor Vitaly Sulimova, blood clots, getting in the brain that lead to the death of that part of the brain where stops flowing blood in the process of blood circulation.

Anticoagulants should be taken constantly, then the risk of ischemic stroke is reduced considerably. But will increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke is when the brain is bleeding. In fact, anticoagulants, razzhizhaya blood, in General, contribute to the emergence of internal bleeding. It turns out that a truly safe and effective prevention of stroke are still not invented.

Invented only diagnostics - if your friend suddenly one-sided smile, inability to raise both hands and slurred speech, almost 100% chance that he has a stroke. Within three to four hours after a stroke brain can still be saved in the hospital for special methods dissolve the thrombus, not giving to die cells of the brain. However, in most cases, access to skilled care so quickly fails. Therefore, in Russia, mortality statistics, in comparison with Europe, grim: if from the same hemorrhagic stroke in the world are killed 75%, then here it is over 90%, said Vitaliy Sulimov. From ischemic stroke kill 50% of the total number of cases. And only 10% are able to return to normal life.

With a heart attack situation, on the one hand, easier - effective operational assistance can be delivered within 12 hours, however, to recognize a heart attack in a life more difficult. "During these 12 hours a person manages to drink two tablets of analginum, valocordin, and when, at last, brings about the "first"to save already happens nobody" - says Vitaly Sulimov.

The hardest to recognize heart attack in women and children - they have these diseases occur very peculiar. For example, if a woman had a heart attack, she does not understand that it was a heart attack, and thinks that "just tired of life", said Professor Irina Chukaeva.

Traditionally, heart attacks and even strokes was considered a disease of pensioners, and mostly men. Now the disease has spread to all, including pregnant women and infants.

In young children strokes happen because of a lack of vitamin "To", because of injuries, or, for example, because of a congenital brain aneurysm: "these people "go" may at any time, Andrei Mironov, for example, rushed in the fifth decade" - said Vitaly Sulimov.

So what to do to one day have not had a stroke? A set of recommendations normal: not to drink, not to smoke, to monitor your blood sugar and cholesterol, and so on. To be tested and to learn whether you have atrial fibrillation. "If atrial fibrillation lasts 48 hours, in the heart clots are formed, a kind of benchmark. We on the presence of atrial fibrillation usually knows neither doctor nor patient, hence the number of "suddenly" strokes" - complained Vitaly Sulimov.

If you began to get tired quickly, perhaps this arrhythmia developed in you, and that you're a candidate to get a stroke. "Go to the doctor", - recommended Irina Chukaeva. Then agreed that doctors in Russia to go nobody wants, and in General ' raise the prestige of the profession".

While it will raise, from strokes will die more than a million Russians - annually deadly disease catches in our country 480 thousand people.

Adelaide SIGIDA