Your stroke medical team doesn't bother telling you that you are screwed after a stroke. They have NO protocols to help you get recovered and only 10% of you will almost fully recover. They will lie thru their teeth about everything in stroke. The status quo in stroke is a complete failure.
1. Only 10% of patients get to full recovery.
2. tPA only fully works to reverse the stroke 12% of the time. Known since 1996.
3. No protocols to prevent your 33% dementia chance post-stroke from an Australian study.
4. Nothing to alleviate your fatigue.
5. Nothing that will cure your spasticity.
6. Nothing on cognitive training unless you find this yourself.
7. No published stroke protocols.
8. No way to compare your stroke hospital results vs. other stroke hospitals.
What happens to your health after a stroke
Every stroke is different and the impact on health can vary. Source: Getty
Strokes
kill more women than breast cancer and more men than prostate cancer in
Australia each year alone. But there are also 475,000 people living
with the effects of having experienced a stroke.
While
most people know how deadly they can be, many don’t talk about what
happens to a person and their health after they have a stroke.
This
year alone, more than 56,000 new and recurrent strokes will be
reordered, costing the country $5 billion. In addition, 30 per cent of
those who experience a stroke are of working age and under 65, while as
many as 65 per cent of stroke survivors also suffer a disability which
impacts their ability to go about daily activities without assistance.
“Just as every stroke is different, the impact of stroke varies,” Toni Aslett, Stroke Foundation Executive Director tells Starts at 60. “Stroke can have a devastating impact.
“It
can lead to paralysis of the face, arm or leg, blurred vision,
difficulties in communicating, speaking memory or understanding.”
I thought this was going to be about stroke survivors' health. I don't consider my disabilities to be a health problem by themselves - they just prevent me from being able to do the exercising I love, which, in turn, affects my health. I consider myself healthy.
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