High blood pressure is one of the biggest stroke risk factors. It strains all the blood vessels in your body, including ones leading to your brain.
You might be given blood-thinning medications after you've had a stroke, to help you avoid another one. Or you might need blood-thinning medication if you have a health condition such as a heart problem or blood-clotting disorder which could lead to a stroke.
A transient ischaemic attack, TIA, or mini-stroke, is the same as a stroke, but the symptoms last a short time. A TIA is a warning that you are at risk of having a stroke.
The Stroke Association has developed a number of resources relating to stroke in childhood through its Childhood Stroke Support Service.
This page explains how a stroke can affect the way you feel, some of the emotional problems that can happen because of it and some of the things that can help to treat them.
These summaries of our completed research projects highlight what work was undertaken, which aims were achieved and where the research is going next.
Around 30% of survivors experience pain after stroke. Post-stroke pain includes muscle and joint pain such as spasticity and shoulder pain. Learn about the causes and treatments.
The latest information for stroke survivors on the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Visit this page often for updates and government guideline changes.
This page explains why you may have problems with swallowing after a stroke and how they can be diagnosed and treated.
This Christmas, we’re celebrating some of the ways our stroke groups across the UK are helping stroke survivors with their recovery and empowering them to believe “I am more than my stroke”.