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.

Monday, September 21, 2020

Stroke patients need emergency hospital care — experts

 This is all because you blithering idiots haven't done the work to get all stroke survivors to 100% recovery regardless of time. Leaders solve problems like this, they don't throw their hands up in defeat.

Stroke patients need emergency hospital care — experts

Staying at home is one of the wisest actions people can do amid the pandemic. But if one sees or experiences any sign of stroke– such as numbness on the face or arm and slurred speech, consider it an emergency and go to the hospital immediately. In such potentially life-threatening cases, choosing to stay at home may prove to be dangerous. Stroke, a disease that occurs when a blood vessel carrying oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts, remains to be one of the leading causes of death in the world and second in the Philippines. The burden of stroke is enormous as every year, 17 million people suffer from  stroke. One-third of these people die as a consequence and another third are left permanently disabled. However, a recent survey with members of the World Stroke Organization that garnered over 100 responses from countries worldwide, showed that stroke admissions decreased up to 90% as compared to a comparable period in 2019. The median decrease was 50-70%. According to the WSO, the most likely reason is that patients with mild symptoms are ignoring them and deciding not to go to the hospital for fear of being exposed to COVID-19.
The Stroke Society of the Philippines likewise noted that the Philippines also observed a reduction of stroke patients presenting to the hospital. “The SSP did a national survey on the impact of COVID-19 on the stroke care of the Philippines and there was a decline in the number of acute stroke patients consulting at the emergency room by as much as 50% to 75%,” he said. The [top] common reasons in the delay of hospital consult among patients with stroke symptoms is still the lack of stroke awareness and the fear of COVID infection when reaching the hospitals,” Dr. Epifania Collantes, head of stroke services-Philippine General Hospital, shared as she detailed learnings from the Philippines during a webinar on the impact of COVID-19.

 

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