Health Care Occupations
A Physician is a professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, and other physical and mental impairments.
Treatment
- TPA (tissue plasminogen activator) is a drug that can stop a stroke caused by a blood clot. This will break the blood clot. This must be given within 3 hours of the onset symptoms.
- Surgery may be required in some cases to repair damage or to prevent stroke.