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Treating Post-Stroke Spasticity
The treatment of stroke patients has seen several advances in recent years and among the most significant are two therapies for a post-stroke condition called spasticity. A common physical response to brain injury caused by stroke, spasticity causes muscles in the arms or legs to tighten uncontrollably, causing pain and discomfort.
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Different Strokes for Different Gender Folks
For over 600,000 Americans who suffer a stroke each year, time is of the essence. One of the most critical predictors of the permanent effects of all types of stroke is the amount of time that passes before treatment begins.
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Caring for a Stroke Victim
When someone close to you suffers a stroke, the emotional impact can be tremendous, but as anyone caring for a loved one after a stroke knows, the psychological challenges are only half of the story. The responsibility of helping someone through recovery and rehabilitation can be extremely demanding, and there's a lot to learn.
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Stroke Rehabilitation
The numbers are sobering. Someone suffers a stroke every 53 seconds in the United States, and someone dies of a stroke every 3.3 minutes. Stroke is the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States, and for admission to nursing homes or extended care facilities. Approximately 4.5 million stroke survivors live in this country.
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Treating Stroke: How to Reduce the Damage
We have all heard the expression, "time is money." But if you have just suffered a stroke, time is actually brain. The longer you wait to receive medical help after a stroke, the higher your chances of brain injury and/or paralysis. Learning to recognize the early warning signs, and react quickly, is an important key to reducing the damage of stroke.
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Botox: Not Just a Boon for Aging Skin
Most people have heard of it as an answer to forehead wrinkles and crow's feet, but since its approval in 1989 for the treatment of certain eye disorders, Botox has made itself useful in multiple therapeutic areas. New research reported in the August 8 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine now confirms that Botox is also an effective treatment for post-stroke spasticity.
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Stroke Recovery: Struggling to Communicate
One of the most devastating after-effects of stroke is impaired communication. A stroke, sometimes called a "brain attack", can steal one's ability to understand, or to locate words. Fortunately for many patients, doctors have developed therapies that can help recover these communication skills. Below, two stroke experts discuss the most effective communication recovery techniques for stroke victims.
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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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