Coming to Terms with Disability after a Stroke ; A Stroke Survivor Reflects on How Determinationkept Her GoingFlaherty, Rachel
This study, despite being conducted only on patients after a stroke, and thus having a limitation in generalizability, suggests that deprescribing from polypharmacy has the potential to improve function in patients with sarcopenia. The future direction of treatment Pharmacological treatment Currently, no ...
A study at China Medical University found that Curcumin helps prevent disruption of the blood-brain barrier after a stroke.The researchers found that Curcumin restored the expression of occludin and ZO-1 proteins which in turn restored the barrier function of the blood-brain barrier.[xxiv]...
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Don't assume that you can't be having another stroke if you just had one: the risk of repeat strokes is actually highest in the days right after a previous stroke. Risks remain high for several months afterward. It's just as important to get quick treatment for a possible second (third...
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A person who is having a stroke may temporarily lose the ability to speak, walk, or move their arms. Few patients recover fully and most are left with some disability, but the majority exhibit some degree of spontaneous recovery during the first few weeks after the stroke. ...
Tools for looking at the brain, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, can require a person to be partially or completely still. This can make it hard for doctors to observe people's brain activity during real-life activities. Brains, like all organs, undergo changes after a per...
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Third are factors that one should be aware of but that aren’t changeable. Age is a major risk factor: The older you are, the higher the risk of stroke, to the point that the chance of strokeapproximately doublesevery 10 years after age 55, according to the CDC. In addition, the ...