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Life After Stroke: Personal Perspectives
After suffering a stroke, many people experience post-stroke spasticity, muscle tightness that not only impairs mobility, but also impacts the life of their family and caregivers. Find out how two couples handled the after effects of stroke, and learn what treatments helped them improve their quality of life.
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Stroke Survivors: Their Stories
It was probably one of the scariest things that could ever happen to somebody. I had just turned 30 years old. Out of nowhere -- it happened! I wound up laying on a gurney inside an emergency room of a hospital. Then I woke up finally, and I realized that I can’t use my left side, I couldn't communicate so that somebody could understand me, and I just thought my life is over. It’s the most frightening thing in the world.
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Caring for a Loved One after a Debilitating Stroke
Stroke is one of the most feared consequences of the aging process. In the United States alone, roughly 730,000 people suffer from strokes each year. Of those, approximately 150,000 die at the time of their stroke or during the subsequent hospitalization, making stroke the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer.
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Reclaiming Your Life After a Stroke
One important goal for both doctor and patient is to prevent a second stroke. Whether the stroke survivor has recovered fully or has serious impairment, identifying the cause of the stroke is a very important first step. Once the cause of the first stroke has been identified, medical therapy can be tailored toward preventing another.
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