Hussain Masaraf
Department of Neurology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Mawdiangdiang, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Jan;10(1):31-34. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1806_20. Epub 2021 Jan 30.
Stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases represents, a major and rapidly growing burden of mortality and morbidity. The risk factors for stroke starts very early in life. Similarly, the changes of neurodegenerative diseases starts decades earlier than the clinical manifestations. Primordial prevention is necessary to prevent the establishment of risk factors to keep the population disease free. This will help to not only increase the life span, but also to prolong the health span.
中风和神经退行性疾病是死亡率和发病率的主要且迅速增长的负担。中风的危险因素在生命早期就开始出现。同样，神经退行性疾病的变化比临床表现早几十年就开始了。初级预防对于预防危险因素的形成以保持人群无病是必要的。这不仅有助于延长寿命，还能延长健康寿命。
