When i saw strokes my first thought before opening the thread was 'kulima Shamba' aka landing kwa airport...... I need help, i live in the gutter....

Bangi will take time to be controlled in this country.

Avoid fake lifestyles. Most middle class Kenyans lead 'plastic' life and they end up perpetually anxious to sustain the same. Solution: Be yourself, be natural and keep healthy.

...i wont make an expression

To help prevent a stroke:

1) Avoid fatty foods. Follow a healthy, low-fat diet.

2) Do not drink more than 1 to 2 alcoholic drinks a day.

3) Exercise regularly: 30 minutes a day if you are not overweight; 60 - 90 minutes a day if you are overweight.

4) Get your blood pressure checked every 1 - 2 years, especially if high blood pressure runs in your family.

5) Have your cholesterol checked. If you are at high risk for stroke, your LDL "bad" cholesterol should be lower than 100 mg/dL. Your doctor may recommend that you try to reduce your LDL cholesterol to 70 mg/dL.

6) Follow your doctor's treatment recommendations if you have high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, and heart disease.

7) Quit smoking.

From this list, it looks like most Kenyan's are a Stroke waiting to happen!!! How many things in this list apply to you?

Symptoms of a stroke

1) Change in alertness (including sleepiness, unconsciousness, and coma).

2) Changes in hearing.

3) Changes in taste.

4) Clumsiness

5) Confusion or loss of memory.

6) Difficulty swallowing.

7) Difficulty writing or reading.

8) Dizziness or abnormal sensation of movement (vertigo)

9) Lack of control over the bladder or bowels

10) Loss of balance

11) Loss of coordination

12) Muscle weakness in the face, arm, or leg (usually just on one side)

13) Numbness or tingling on one side of the body

14) Personality, mood, or emotional changes

15) Problems with eyesight, including decreased vision, double vision, or total loss of vision

16) Sensation changes that affect touch and the ability to feel pain, pressure, different temperatures, or other stimuli

17) Trouble speaking or understanding others who are speaking

18) Trouble walking


If this doesn't make you quit drinking and smoking and start exercising, nothing ever will!

You can do all these things and still get a stroke from work, spouse, family or financial related stress. And don't forget our polluted environment

@McReggae & @Kingfisher - I guess you can use Pythagoras theorem: Drink as much as you want but eat boiled food and exercises 3 hours a day!


@2012 - The exercise takes care of the stress - from work, spouse, family or financial issues.

What is two alcoholic drinks???


You are supposed to take at most 2 drinks per day.


.........even one drink of a JD bottle or a famous is ok,we dont always have to agree with my doctor even after consultation

wacha stress, kaa karibu na Mungu. saa zingine kula gin na tonic for the heart!