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• 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).

• 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 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).