Recognizing stroke

[Guest guest]

During a BBQ a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured

everyone

that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped

over a

brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a

new plate

of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about

enjoying herself

the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling

everyone

that his

wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passed

away.)

She had

suffered a stroke at the BBQ - had they known how to identify the

signs

of a

stroke perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.

 

 

----- A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within

3

hours he

can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the

trick was

getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed an getting to the patient

within

3 hours

which is tough.

 

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

 

Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps. Read and Learn!

 

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify.

Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke

victim

may

suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms

of a

stroke.

 

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three

simple

questions:

 

1. *Ask the individual to SMILE.

 

2. *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

 

3. *Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. . It

is sunny

out today) If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-

1

immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

 

After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could

identify

facial

weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers urged the

general

public to learn the three questions. They presented their conclusions

at the

American Stroke Association's annual meeting last February.

Widespread

use of

this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the

stroke

and

prevent brain damage.

 

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10

people; you

can bet that at least one life will be saved.

 

 

BE A FRIEND AND SHARE THIS ARTICLE WITH AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE,

you could

save a life.

This was sent to the author by a friend, and is being circulated for

info.

[Guest guest]

Thank you Shirish for letting us remember this silent killer. I'm 41

and I suffered a major stroke at age 34 due to stress, smoking and

contraceptive pills (I quit the latter two of them, I'm still trying

to learn to manage stress). Doctors found me four blood clots in the

Right Middle Cerebral Artery and, amazingly, the doctors at a Georgia

(USA) hospital said I simply suffered and atypical migraine and sent

me home, without any type of care, only to find out 24 hours later

that they should have kept me under observation and 24 hours was too

late to do anything about it, except hope for the best and take

anti-coagulants and be in an ICU unit at a hospital. Since then, I'm

partially disabled. I can walk ( with a slight limp) and talk in my

native language (Spanish) with hardly any problems, but I can't use my

left hand (and I'm left-handed) to write (ergo, I type) and I have

aphasia when I speak the other languages I used to speak fluently

(French, Italian, Catalan, Gallego, Arabic and some Hindi) plus

apraxia, especially noticeable when I need to follow directions and

when someone speaks to me fast enough for me to respond. Then, I

can't help it but cry uncontrollably, since the stroke affected my

emotions, plus I have an eternal paresthesia (sometimes a tingling

sensation, sometimes a burning sensation) in the entire left part of

the body. Thus my career as a College Professor was cut short and I'm

retired. I also ended up having what is called Jacksonian epilepsy,

which is a kind of seizure that affect a limb, in my case, the left

arm, after the strokes.

 

To others here, I'm also the one who has been talking about irregular

heartbeats and GERD, and of all things, I'm asthmatic and I've got IBS

too. Sometimes it feels I need to be "totally recycled" and start my

life all over again, (LOL) but I'm too stubborn and I love life too

much to quit. That's how I overcame the stroke, my willpower and

spiritual strength, and I'll overcome the stomach problems too.

 

Namaste,

 

Aida

 

> RECOGNIZING A STROKE

> Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three

> simple questions:

> 1. *Ask the individual to SMILE.

> 2. *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

> 3. *Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. . It is sunny

out today) If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1

immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

[Guest guest]

I too had a minor stroke, went to er and was told all was well, went

home knowing that my body new something was off. I returned to er

following day and fortunatly it was recognized and determined that

my carotid was so blocked that I was a major stroke just waiting to

happen. Had surgery and doing fine. I did not know the three

questions nor the the Dr. I will pass it on to others. Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

ayurveda, "Shirish Bhate"

<shirishbhate wrote:

> Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three

> simple

> questions:

>

> 1. *Ask the individual to SMILE.

>

> 2. *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

>

> 3. *Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. .

It

> is sunny

> out today) If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks, call

911

[Guest guest]

dear pasentas

i read the story and very much affected with what u have been threatened !!!some

how we believe even we think it is wrong inside!!i want to suggest a philosopy

,,it is mevlana rumi lived 12th ct. in anatolia read if u can find his life or

the way he views the life journey,,if u cannot find i will sent u,hopeing all

the best wishes

sibel

-

pesantas

Thank you Shirish for letting us remember this silent killer. I'm 41

and I suffered a major stroke at age 34 due to stress, smoking and

contraceptive pills (I quit the latter two of them, I'm still trying

to learn to manage stress). Doctors found me four blood clots in the

Right Middle Cerebral Artery and, amazingly, the doctors at a Georgia

(USA) hospital said I simply suffered and atypical migraine and sent

me home, without any type of care, only to find out 24 hours later

that they should have kept me under observation and 24 hours was too

late to do anything about it, except hope for the best and take

anti-coagulants and be in an ICU unit at a hospital. Since then, I'm

partially disabled.