Expert System for Stroke Diagnosis Using the Forward Chaining Method for Lecturers at UNIVA Labuhanbatu

Stroke is a health problem that often occurs when the blood supply to the brain lacks oxygen and nutrients. As a result, in a matter of minutes, brain cells begin to die. This condition is classified as a serious disease and can be life-threatening, therefore requiring immediate medical attention. Stroke accounts for 10% of all deaths in the world and is the third leading cause of death after coronary heart disease (13%) and cancer (12%) in developed countries. The prevalence of stroke varies in different parts of the world. The prevalence of stroke in the United States is around 7 million (30%), while in China the prevalence of stroke ranges from 1.8% (rural) to 9.4% (urban). Worldwide, China is the country with the highest death rate from stroke (19.9% ​​of all deaths in China), along with Africa and North America. The incidence of stroke worldwide is 15 million each year, one third of whom die and one third of whom experience permanent disability. The purpose of this study is to help and facilitate lecturers at Labuhanbatu University to diagnose stroke in determining treatment and how to overcome it effectively and efficiently. Lecturers at Univa Labuhanbatu can diagnose in advance what disorders they are experiencing before going to the doctor, so they can save time and money. This system is present as a means to help diagnose patients using the Forward Chaining method. With an expert system, laypeople will be able to solve quite complicated problems that can actually only be solved with the help of experts. For experts, expert systems will also help their activities as very experienced assistants. Microsoft Visual Studio .NET is a complete collection of development tools for building ASP.NET Web applications, XML Web Services, desktop applications, and mobile applications. In Visual Studio, these are the .NET programming languages ​​such as Visual Basic, Visual C++, Visual C# (CSharp), and Visual J# (JSharp). All use the same integrated development environment or IDE so that it is possible to share tools and facilities