甚麼是中風
中風又叫腦中風,是中國醫學的病名,是一般人對急性腦中血管疾病的俗稱。
中風是由於腦部血管異常,無法輸送血液及養份給腦部,導致的腦細胞死亡,影響腦功能受損。
大多數患者均有不同程度的後遺症,可能出現癱瘓、失去知覺、語言障礙、記憶力與思考能力受損等症狀,嚴重的甚至死亡。
存活病人因肢體機能殘障,工作及自理能力會受影響,因各種併發症重覆送院的機會也較高。
中風分類
中風徵兆
中風小統計
Last revision date: 2017/04/07
Notes: The mortality figures in this table are based on number of “registered” deaths.
The disease codes according to the classification are shown in brackets.
†According to the ICD 10th Revision, when the morbid condition is classifiable under Chapter XIX as “injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes”, the codes under Chapter XX for “external causes of morbidity and mortality” should be used as the primary cause of death.
*Revised figures.
#Provisional figures.
http://www.chp.gov.hk/en/data/4/10/27/380.html