Eight hundred thousand people experience a new or reoccurring stroke every year. A stroke occurs when there is a lack of blood flow to the brain and is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. There are two types of strokes, Ischemic and Hemorrhagic. A stroke has many symptoms that can help one to know if they are having a stroke, about to have one, or have already had one. Along with these symptoms, there are risk factors that cause them. These risk factors are both controllable and uncontrollable. There are ways to avoid the controllable risk factors and ways to treat your symptoms. Strokes are most of the time avoidable. On December 10, 1996, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor had a massive stroke on the left hemisphere of her brain
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(pg. 109) “I celebrated the joy I felt and the lessons I had learned. I was touched by the daunting reality: I was a stroke survivor.” – Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. On April 24, 2006, Ricky Abele, my grandmother, had a massive stroke leading to her death on April 28, 2006. Her daughter, Dawn Fike, recalls her mother showing up at her house the morning of her stroke. Dawn says that Rickey began to slur her words as she spoke and managed to say she felt dizzy as she sat down on the couch. Rickey had a stroke in all four hemispheres of her brain at once. This affected all areas of her brain that control speech, balance, memory, etc. Not being able to control any part of her brain, she was declared legally brain dead and the doctors suggested she be pulled off the ventilator that was helping her breath. At the European Stroke Organization Conference of 2015, Keith Muir. MD. Presented phase one of a clinical study. In this study, they are delivering neural stem cells directly into the brain of a stroke patient. The study has shown no major harmful cell-related effects over 2 to 4 years follow up. The only
(pg. 109) “I celebrated the joy I felt and the lessons I had learned. I was touched by the daunting reality: I was a stroke survivor.” – Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. On April 24, 2006, Ricky Abele, my grandmother, had a massive stroke leading to her death on April 28, 2006. Her daughter, Dawn Fike, recalls her mother showing up at her house the morning of her stroke. Dawn says that Rickey began to slur her words as she spoke and managed to say she felt dizzy as she sat down on the couch. Rickey had a stroke in all four hemispheres of her brain at once. This affected all areas of her brain that control speech, balance, memory, etc. Not being able to control any part of her brain, she was declared legally brain dead and the doctors suggested she be pulled off the ventilator that was helping her breath. At the European Stroke Organization Conference of 2015, Keith Muir. MD. Presented phase one of a clinical study. In this study, they are delivering neural stem cells directly into the brain of a stroke patient. The study has shown no major harmful cell-related effects over 2 to 4 years follow up. The only