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• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Interview 47 >> Her mother has loss of peripheral vision (hemianopia) and sometimes she does not brush one side of her hair and will often bump into things.

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 56-65 >> Interview 18 >> She has loss of her peripheral vision on the left and finds she knocks into things and sometimes misses the first few letters of a word on the left ha

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).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Interview 11 >> She describes how heminopia (loss of visual field) was difficult for colleagues to understand but how a doctor in the surgery used partially covered g

She had a stroke caused by a clot at the age of 34. The stroke caused left-sided paralysis, left hemianopia (loss of vision in left field) and epilepsy. Medication: aspirin (antiplatelet), epilim, tegretol (epilepsy).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 76-95 >> Interview 40 >> She lost peripheral vision on the right and sometimes has to turn her head to see things on the right of the television screen. She also see some shad

She had a stroke due to a clot from her heart at the age of 81. The stroke caused partial paralysis of her right hand side and problems with memory. Medication: Cardicor, coversyl (blood pressure), simvastatin (cholesterol), warfarin (anticoagulation).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Interview 01 >> He describes the tests he had for a severe hemianopia. He also suffers from visual neglect and found that sometimes he would just ignore things or peo

He had a stroke due to hemorrhage aged 57, which caused left paralysis, left neglect and some early problems with speech. Medication: atenolol, ramipril (blood pressure), levetiracetam (epilepsy), paroxetine (antidepressant), omeprazole, (gastric resistant tablets).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Interview 01 >> He describes the tests he had for a severe hemianopia. He also suffers from visual neglect and found that sometimes he would just ignore things or peo

He had a stroke due to hemorrhage aged 57, which caused left paralysis, left neglect and some early problems with speech. Medication: atenolol, ramipril (blood pressure), levetiracetam (epilepsy), paroxetine (antidepressant), omeprazole, (gastric resistant tablets).