Controlling the risk factors that can be managed is the first step in preventing a stroke. These precautionary measures include those that should be followed to prevent a heart attack:
Follow a healthy diet low in salt, fat and cholesterol.
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Don't smoke.
Control your weight, keepingso it is normal for your height and build.
Exercise regularly.
Monitor your blood pressure regularly and have regular blood tests for cholesterol.
Women who are at high risk should not use birth-control pills.
Patients who have had a stroke should drink moderately – in other words, have no more than one alcoholic drink a day.
Maintain strict control of blood sugar in persons with diabetes mellitus.
Daily intake of low-dose aspirin and statins can prevent strokes.
High risk patients with hyperlipidaemia need cholesterol-lowering statin therapy in conjunction with a low fat diet.
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