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When stroke happens at a young age

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When stroke happens at a young age

• >> Stroke >> When stroke happens at a young age >> When stroke happens at a young age

 

When stroke happens at a young age

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• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Michelle - Interview 65 >> Michelle felt that staff did not explain what was happening to her.

Michelle experienced her TIA at the age of 26. She experienced visual disturbance and was unable to speak coherently but after five or ten minutes the symptoms gradually subsided. She had several of these episodes over the following months which were not diagnosed specifically as TIA and then later went on to experience a full stroke.

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 46-55 >> Interview 05 >> She describes her stroke as a bereavement.

She had two strokes 3 months apart (aged 43) due to haemorrhages from arterial venous malformations. The second stroke caused right-sided paralysis and muscles spasm. Medication: baclofen (spasms), phenergan (anxiety), phenytoin (epilepsy due to a brain tumour age 41).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Interview 09 >> She talks about how the stroke has impacted work, driving, family and future plans.

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).