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The event: a stroke or Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)

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The event: a stroke or Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)

• >> Stroke >> The event: A stroke or transient ischaemic attack >> The event: A stroke or transient ischaemic attack

 

The event: a stroke or Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)

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• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Interview 09 >> She has a relatively rare visual problem which makes it difficult to recognise unfamiliar surroundings and people and affects her perception of colour

She had a stroke at the age of 30 due to a clot which possibly originated from a hole in her heart. The stroke could also have been caused by smoking. Her stroke caused visual memory and visual field defects. Medication: simvastatin (cholesterol), aspirin (anticoagulation).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Interview 09 >> She has trouble recognising and remembering new faces which can be embarrassing when she meets people she is not familiar with, she now sometimes tell

She had a stroke at the age of 30 due to a clot which possibly originated from a hole in her heart. The stroke could also have been caused by smoking. Her stroke caused visual memory and visual field defects. Medication: simvastatin (cholesterol), aspirin (anticoagulation).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Interview 47 >> Her mum's personality has changed since the stroke she is now snappy and swears and is uncharacteristically flirty.

Carer for mother who had a stroke at the age of 83. Her mother now suffers from vascular dementia and some visual loss. She is registered partially blind. Medication: bendrofluazide, perindopril, (blood pressure) omeprazole, (gastric resistant tablets) citalopram, (antidepressant); senna and/or movicol, (laxative) calichew (calcium/vit D3 supplement) alendronic acid, (bisphosphonate ), detrusitol, (urinary continence).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 66-75 >> Interview 13 >> He finds dates and times difficult to remember and has learnt to write things down so he doesn't double book himself.

He had a stroke due to a clot aged 66 which caused left weakness, pain/sensitivity and epilepsy. Medication: atenolol, perindopril (blood pressure), atorvastatin (cholesterol), aspirin (antiplatelet), Epilim (epilepsy), citalopram (anxiety).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Interview 51 >> Her husband initially had problems recognising their daughter which she found upsetting but it eventually passed.

He had a stroke due to a clot aged 38 which caused severe aphasia and right paralysis of his leg and arm. Medication: dipyridamole (blood pressure), aspirin (antiplatelet), simvastatin (cholesterol).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 46-55 >> Interview 30 >> A charity called the Brain and Spine Foundation recommended she start using a diary to help her remember things which she found was very useful advice

She had two sub arachnoid haemorrhages (age 32 and 52). The first caused temporary left weakness and the second some memory problems and migraine. Medication. atenolol, lisinopril (blood pressure), co-codamol (migraine).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Interview 18 >> She finds recognising unfamiliar faces and directions in new surrounding difficult.

She had a stroke aged 59 which caused right weakness, pain, vision & memory loss. Medication: perindopril, amlodipine (blood pressure) pravastatin, Ezetimibe (cholesterol), aspirin and dipyridamole (antiplatelet), escitalopram (depression), carbamazepine (pain).