Stroke

As part of the nursing school curriculum, the student nurse are required to interview a member of the community, to find an article that matches their case study, and to compare the findings with the interviewee’s conditions. On October 15th, 2015, I interviewed a member of my Mosque. Her name is PC, and she is 73 years old. She was born and raised in Senegal, West Africa. PC is from Casamance, a region in the southern part of Senegal. She did not start first grade until the age of eight years…

Introduction Stroke is considered as a common cause of mortality and morbidity in the world. 1,2,3 In addition, it has 2 major subtypes, hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. The ischemic stroke is the commonest followed by subarachnoid, intraventricular and intracerebral hemorrhages. 1,4,5,6,7 According to the literature, the incidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage is 25 to 30%. 1 Treatment in the form of endovascular coil embolization or clipping is performed to decrease the risk of death. 1…

a longitudinal study that assessed data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). I chose the HRS data because it includes participants that are over the age of 50 and their health status. Age is generally important to the current study because strokes typically occur in older age (Dries & Hussein, 2015). The HRS study began in 1992 and consisted of 12,652 participants that were eligible for interviews and had a response rate of 81.6% (Health and Retirement Study, 2015). This study surveyed…

degree to which the objectives were met, sufficiency of time allowed to fill out the checklist, the relevance and usefulness of content of video, effectiveness and appropriateness of other visual means, rate of knowledge about stroke and stroke symptoms, and overall quality of stroke presentation. The participants also were asked if their questions were answered clearly and effectively, and if they had any suggestions to improve the provided presentation. The five-point rating scale was used to…

We start our case with a Male, Age 56 who for the past two months has been having episodes forgetful of speech and vision dimness that last about two minutes. During this time he stopped taking his Zestril (lisinopril) prescribed for hypertension because he thought it was causing him to have anxiety or orthostatic hypotension. In addition, he started taking Inderal (propranolol, purchased over the Internet) every morning before class to reduce his “anxiety” while speaking. Today his episode…

1). CVA is categorized as ischemic or hemorrhagic. Hypertension accounts for the majority of ischemic CVAs or strokes. According to the American Heart Association, ischemic strokes are “caused by narrowed or clogged blood vessels in the brain that cut off the blood flow to the brain cells”("Stroke and High Blood Pressure," 2016, p. 1). The following are the main causes of ischemic stroke: • Thrombosis: An obstruction of a blood vessel leading to localized occlusion. A common cause is…

modern technics are known as functional brain imaging (fMRI) which investigates the activity of the brain. Furthermore, the benefits of new technology has been used in term of health and treatment. Precisely, in the case of stroke patients and their long way of recovery. Stroke patients enriched the knowledge of psychologist in terms of the link between the brain and psychological function. Visible symptoms, such speech impairments, vision restrictions created basement for the localisation of…

risk factors for PAD include obesity, age, hypertension, sedentary lifestyle, dyslipidemia, smoking, hyperhomocysteinemia and diabetes mellitus. On the other hand, PAD is linked with increased risk of additional cardiovascular complications such as a stroke, MI and with it being left untreated may lead to other serious problems such as amputation and gangrene. Treatment for PAD includes weight bearing exercise, risk factor modifications, surgical revascularization, pharmacologic intervention,…

on the canvas, deprived of her divine glow. No matter how elegant I try to be, my leaves do not resemble those that Ma paints. She would simply swipe the brush out of my hands and cloak the skeleton of the oak bringing it to life with her gentle strokes. I had always relied on her to complete the picture. The current leaves look withered and fragile, much like Ma's condition. She hasn't been getting out of bed lately, she tells me she is…

blood flow to the artery that supplies blood to the retina (lining at the back of the eye, contains nerves needed for sight). The temporary loss of blood flow causes symptoms similar to a stroke. The family of symptoms that happen from a loss of blood flow is called a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA, mini-stroke). In the case of amaurosis fugax, the eye is the organ that is involved. SYMPTOMS • Painless, sudden loss of vision in one eye. • Visual loss is…