Deans' stroke musings: Stroke continues to be a leading cause of death in Minnesota

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Stroke continues to be a leading cause of death in Minnesota

My state and they also do not call for better hyperacute therapies, just the standard get them fast to the hospital. It makes them feel better but doesn't really do anything to reduce the need for rehabilitation.
http://hometownsource.com/2012/05/01/stroke-continues-to-be-a-leading-cause-of-death-in-minnesota-2/
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in Minnesota, with 2,154 deaths in 2010, according to new data from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). During that year, more than 75,000 Minnesotans, or 1.9 percent of adults, reported having had a stroke in their lifetime. Previously available data from 2009 show that:
• Minnesotans were hospitalized more than 11,000 times for stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).
• The total inpatient charges for stroke-related hospitalizations were more than $367 million, or more than $31,000 per hospitalization.
• Only 55 percent of Minnesota adults could correctly identify all five major signs and symptoms of stroke.
A stroke is a “brain attack” that occurs when blood flow to tissues in the brain is interrupted. Strokes can lead to permanent disability and death. To help raise awareness about stroke in Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton has proclaimed May as Stroke Awareness Month in Minnesota.
Dr. Ed Ehlinger, Minnesota Commissioner of Health, urged Minnesotans to learn the warning signs and symptoms of stroke.
“When it comes to strokes, we say that time lost is brain lost,” Ehlinger said. “That’s why it is critical for Minnesotans to know the signs and symptoms of stroke and to call 9-1-1 at the first sign of symptoms.”
The signs and symptoms of stroke are:
• Sudden confusion or trouble speaking.
• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side.
• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness or loss of balance.
• Sudden severe headache with no known cause.
If you think that you or someone else is having a stroke, call 9-1-1 immediately.
More information about stroke and its risk factors is available from MDH’s Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Unit at www.health.state.mn.us/cvh/.
For more information on the signs and symptoms of stroke and access to resources for stroke survivors, please visit the Minnesota Stroke Association’s website at http://www.strokemn.org/.
For more information about cardiovascular diseases and stroke, visit the Minnesota Affiliate of the American Heart Association’s website at www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Affiliate/Minneapolis/Minnesota/Home_UCM_MWA009_AffiliatePage.jsp.
Health professionals looking for more information on how to conduct stroke community education events can find resources at the Minnesota Stroke Partnership’s website at www.mnstrokepartnership.org.