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Posts Tagged ‘stroke’

I had lyme disease as a child, it was diagnosed later… after my left leg had gone numb. My father had also gotten it at the same time. The left side of his face went numb like he had a stroke. My father and I both received shots and it was cured. I was just wondering, if it hadn’t been diagnosed or cured, what could potentially have happened to us?

So I know that getting gingivitis can cause heart disease and stroke but when people tell you that information they never tell you how or why which is really baffling. You’d think if someone is stating a fact they tell you the reason why. So how is this all connected? why do you get heart disease and/or stroke from gingivitis?

How does it contribute to kidney disease and stroke ?

Please just give me the links to where this could be found.
First person to give me the best websites gets best answer.

My mom and dad suffer from high blood pressure,high cholesterol. It run on both sides of the family,that along with diabetes and heart disease. My mom started taking blood pressure medication young,in her later 20′s. My dad suffered from a stroke due to high blood pressure. I am 22yrs old and do not want to suffer this especially while young. Are there any ways I can be proactive about not suffering from those conditions now and later on in life being that it is hereditary? Or do I not have a chance in preventing it?