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Why: Zack had Bell's palsy a while ago (as did George Clooney and Pierce Brosnan, yow!), and Kat sometimes feels like her face is numb.
Answer: Well I see a story about a girl having a stroke when she was 2! Omg! It was triggered by chicken pox!! The stroke paralyzed one side of her body and weakened her arteries so much that doctors said it looked like she had the brain of an 80-year-old. They also said she would never walk again. But look! just 3 months later:
Get after it, Blossom!
I also see stories about 4, 10, and 29 year olds, , and about how people under 55 arriving at hospitals with stroke symptoms are often misdiagnosed.
Source: DailyMail,
The More You Know: Do you even know what a stroke is? Let stroke.org tell you:
A stroke or "brain attack" occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body) or a blood vessel breaks, interrupting blood flow to an area of the brain. When either of these things happen, brain cells begin to die and brain damage occurs.
When brain cells die during a stroke, abilities controlled by that area of the brain are lost. These abilities include speech, movement and memory. How a stroke patient is affected depends on where the stroke occurs in the brain and how much the brain is damaged.
For example, someone who has a small stroke may experience only minor problems such as weakness of an arm or leg. People who have larger strokes may be paralyzed on one side or lose their ability to speak. Some people recover completely from strokes, but more than 2/3 of survivors will have some type of disability.
Well I may have that beat! I had a Massive Stroke when I was 10 months old from having a Hemangioma removed from the left side of my neck resulting in my carotid artery being severed. That was 51 years ago. I still have some paralysis in my right hand and arm. Been diagnosed with Epilepsy when I was 29 years old. And last few years I have been having problems with my memory.
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I am 21 years old & I had a stroke in April 2011 at the age of 20. It totally took me by surprise! Weird thing is I do not have high cholesterol, no high blood pressure, and I take no birth control.
ReplyDeleteI was 5 when I had a stroke I did a belly flop on a trampoline stretched my carotid artery my right side is paralyzed I'm 22 now it sucks not knowing anybody that has to go through what I do! I can walk just can't use my hand if anyone wants to talk please email me anytime! Beckly_6@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI was in a car accident two weeks after my 21st birthday. I had fallen asleep at the wheel and plowed into a brick wall. My carotid arteries on both sides were blocked. I had a stroke after I was lifeflighted to the hospital. It didnt do any damage besides not having such great control over My left hand which is the side I stroked on.
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