What can be done to help lower the risk of a stroke if you have unpreventable risk factors?

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Nina Solenski
Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Virginia Health System
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu  
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The University of Virginia's Department of Neurology is Virginia's foremost research and treatment center for disorders affecting the nervous system. Our neurology department is among the nation's top 20 centers ranked by U.S. News & World Report. We offer the most advanced diagnosis and treatment for strokes, headaches, epilepsy, dementias, movement disorders, brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, and all other neurological disorders and diseases.

What can be done to help lower the risk of a stroke if you have unpreventable risk factors?

Nina Solenski, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, describes the common causes of stroke.

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Host: What can be done to help lower the risk of a stroke if you have unpreventable risk factors?

Dr. Nina Solenski: The most important thing is having good follow-up with your doctor. If you have had a mini-stroke or have the risk factors for stroke, it's very important and I will recommend seeing your doctors every three months so that those contributing risk factors can be modified as time goes on.

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