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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2007Stroke - OT
A friend just sent me this. It's worth reading.  SignatureJoy "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk? -- Jay Brand, cognitive psychologist SIGNS OF A STROKE (WITH 1 NEW ADDITION) STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters...S.T.R. My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks.. Seriously.. Please read: STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and that she had 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 6:00 pm, 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. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It only takes a minute to read this... 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, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough. RECOGNIZING A STROKE Remember the "3" steps, STR . Read and Learn! Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe 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: S * Ask the individual to SMILE. T * Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e.. . . It is sunny out today) R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. *NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke. If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 911 immediately !! and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher 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. > A friend just sent me this. It's worth reading. > [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > 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. I wanted to add that stroke is NOT an "old person's illness." Anyone can have a stroke at any age. Usually the little ischemic strokes come before the "big one" and no one notices. One thing the article didn't mention is personality change, someone becoming mean, or even just more emotional, that's out of character for them. I have a hard time believing the blanket statement that the cardio made that stroke can be completely reversed. Maybe a light/moderate one, but sometimes the damage is just too great. Sherry [stroke recognition advice regretfully snipped] > I wanted to add that stroke is NOT an "old person's illness." Anyone >can have a stroke at any age. Usually the little ischemic strokes come [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Sherry I second that. My great-aunt had several small strokes before the big one that killed her and the only sign of the little strokes was that she went from being a nasty, nasty, nasty woman to being very mellow and relatively pleasant to deal with. Everyone knew something had happened because of the drastic change in her behaviour, but since that was the *only* symptom, no-one knew what had caused it. It wasn't until she had passed away that a doctor told us that it was probably a series of small strokes that had changed her relationships with people. She was, for the most part, a sad, lonely and very emotionally damaged person and it was a mercy when she passed away because she was not coping with the infirmities of ageing and the dependancies that sometimes come with it. Tish > I wanted to add that stroke is NOT an "old person's illness." Anyone > can have a stroke at any age. Usually the little ischemic strokes come [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that stroke can be completely reversed. Maybe a light/moderate one, but > sometimes the damage is just too great. For what it's worth, a personality change is also a sign of blood sugar problems, high or low. Been there, done that, almost got fired from a job for it. Jane > > I wanted to add that stroke is NOT an "old person's illness." Anyone > > can have a stroke at any age. Usually the little ischemic strokes come [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Jane That's true, along with a variety of other physical maladies, too. Menopause being one of them. I'm only half-joking here -- I nearly found myself unemployed, divorced, and extremely unpopular. :-) Sherry >>> I wanted to add that stroke is NOT an "old person's illness." Anyone >>> can have a stroke at any age. Usually the little ischemic strokes come [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Sherry Well, I'm doomed. They think I've had at least 20 of those mini-strokes AND I'm in menopause (post-menopausal?). Am I going to end up alone with only my cats to keep me company? Oh, wait a minute. That wouldn't be such a bad thing, would it? ;-) Ginger-lyn >> A friend just sent me this. It's worth reading. >> [quoted text clipped - 85 lines] > > Sherry I was a little dubious about the complete reversal, but I figured if anybody can be helped at all, it was worth letting it go. SignatureJoy "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk? -- Jay Brand, cognitive psychologist > >> A friend just sent me this. It's worth reading. > >> [quoted text clipped - 94 lines] > "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an > empty desk? -- Jay Brand, cognitive psychologist Even if it can't be reversed, at least prompt emergency medical care can limit the extent of the damage done to the patient, and probably ease their recovery time. Which is a good end in and of itself. Melissa > I wanted to add that stroke is NOT an "old person's illness." Anyone > can have a stroke at any age. My husband is a flight nurse with an air ambulance company... he transported two cases of pediatric stroke (one in a 2-3 year old, the other in an 8-10 year old) in a one month period. After the second one he figured that he should probably know more about stroke in kids and found that there was virtually NO literature out there dealing with this issue. He ended up writing an article for one of the medical journals and has spoken at several conferences on this topic. It's a largely unrecognized problem in kids, but it happens. Unfortunately, becaure it's not something associated with kids it's often not recognized until 72 hours or so later, so the recovery is often long... Katrina SignatureHistory: special people in special places at special times Anthropology: everyone else the rest of the time -KWorley, 1997 ----------------- www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed* Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road ----------------- >> I wanted to add that stroke is NOT an "old person's illness." Anyone >> can have a stroke at any age. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Katrina I knew young people could have strokes. However, I had never heard of a child having one. That is scary! Joy > >> I wanted to add that stroke is NOT an "old person's illness." Anyone > >> can have a stroke at any age. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Joy Oh, yes. I'm sure it is rare though. But a friend of mine did not even know her young son had had a stroke, until she took him to swim class and he began to swim in circles. He could not swim in a straight line. She soon realized his left side was much weaker, and after tests they found out it was a stroke. Sherry > I knew young people could have strokes. However, I had never heard of a > child having one. That is scary! I was born with a mild degree of left sided hemiplegia and was told it could have been down to a small stroke before I was even born! Mind you, swings and roundabouts, I got my first ever pet a rabbit called Snowy from the physiotherapist who was treating me. And as a result I gained an early mistrust of organised religion. We went on holiday and left Snowy to be looked after by our neighbours when we came back Snowy had died. So a few days later I was at Sunday school and I remember clearly the teacher asking me why I was quiet and me (in all my 7 year old innocence) saying my rabbit died but he's gone to Heaven hasn't he? And the guy snapped back "Animals don't have souls!" Quite put me off church and anyway if they don't let animals into Heaven I ain't going! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Quite put me off church and anyway if they don't let animals into > Heaven I ain't going! I'll second that! Dan >> Quite put me off church and anyway if they don't let animals into >> Heaven I ain't going! > > I'll second that! > > Dan Agreed And people wonder why I have no comment on the BS commercialized version of Christianity > I wanted to add that stroke is NOT an "old person's illness." Anyone >can have a stroke at any age. Usually the little ischemic strokes come [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >that stroke can be completely reversed. Maybe a light/moderate one, but >sometimes the damage is just too great. If you are going to have to sit still for a long period of time, remember to get up and walk around at least every couple of hours. This helps blood return from the legs to the torso. Otherwise, you are at increased risk of developing blood clots in the legs which can then break free and cause pulmonary embolisms (blood-flow blockages in the lungs), heart attacks, and even strokes. Most warnings about this are aimed at people on long airline trips, but it is also a hazard for long car trips and even for people with desk jobs. Such blood-clot-related problems can happen even to people in otherwise-good health, with no history of such problems. I had pains in one leg a couple of months ago, severe enough that I finally went in to the emergency room, concerned about the possibility of such leg clots. The problem turned out to be that my knee had swollen up, an arthritis attack probably due to an old injury, and the swelling was pressing on a nerve, causing pain elsewhere in the leg. The swelling went back down after a few days, and has not reoccurred. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria In hospitals they tend to put tight knee length socks (called TED stocking I think) on patients who can't ambulate very well, so as to prevent clotting (deep vein thrombosis). They should sell these to people to wear on planes etc., if they are worried about developing clots. They look uncomfortable though. Dewi > In hospitals they tend to put tight knee length socks (called TED > stocking I think) on patients who can't ambulate very well, so as to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Dewi Oh yeah. I remember those. There's no fashion statement on earth like a walking down the hall wearing those things with a hospital gown. Fortunately, by the time you're worried about what you look like, you're much better. They *were* very uncomfortable. It hurts even to put them on. It's like putting on a girdle 3 sizes too small, if anyone remembers girdles. The ones I've seen were thigh-high. Sherry > > In hospitals they tend to put tight knee length socks (called TED > > stocking I think) on patients who can't ambulate very well, so as to [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Sherry LOL! I guess being attractive isn't a priority when in hospital. Dewi >A friend just sent me this. It's worth reading. I've also heard that taking aspirin right away can help prevent the damage a stroke causes *IF* is it an ischemic stroke. If it is a hemorrhagic stroke then aspirin may make it worse. Hugs, CatNipped > A friend just sent me this. It's worth reading. Thanks, Joy! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek
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