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StrokeArrow
Age 76-95
Interview 41  

Interview 41

Age at Interview: 88
Sex: Female
Background: Is a widow with 1 adult child and is a retired shopkeeper. Ethnic background/nationality: White/Scottish.
Brief outline:She had a stroke due to a clot aged 87 which caused right weakness and problems with balance and with speech and eating. Medication: atenolol, ramipril (blood pressure), lipitor (cholesterol), aspirin (antiplatelet), motilium (nausea and vertigo), omeprazole (gastric resistant tablets).

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Her hair started falling out because of the medication she was taking. She told the stroke nurse who arranged for the medication to be changed.

 



And you say you have a stroke nurse come in, is that every week?

No. The stroke nurse comes a month, every month and she's very good. 

What sort of things has she helped you with?

Well, she helped me with, with my hair… My hair's falling out and…

… And medication. I'm on medication and one of the effects was my hair loss. I've lost a lot of hair and so they've changed my medication.

Do you know what was causing the hair loss? Which tablet was causing the hair loss?

The simvastatin.

Simvastatin. 

And they changed it to something else. I can't pronounce and it was the stroke nurse who did that for me. I told her.
Jonathan Miller - Stroke
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