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.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Ozone exposure may contribute to reduced oxygen levels and arterial stiffness

Your competent? doctor should have monitoring in your hospital and give you EXACT INSTRUCTIONS on how to monitor at home. You really think your doctor is capable of that?

Ozone exposure occurs in the air when harmful ground-level ozone forms through chemical reactions between pollutants like nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from sources like vehicles, factories, and certain consumer products, primarily in the presence of sunlight and warm temperatures; this process is most prevalent on hot, sunny days, leading to increased ozone levels in the air we breathe. 
 Ozone exposure may contribute to reduced oxygen levels and arterial stiffness

Ozone (O3) exposure may reduce the availability of oxygen in the body, resulting in arterial stiffening due to the body's natural response to create more red blood cells and hemoglobin, according to a study published today in JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Researchers found that even brief exposure to elevated ozone levels reduced blood oxygen saturation, triggered hypoxia-related biomarkers, and increased arterial stiffness, highlighting the novel connection between ozone exposure and arterial stiffness, demonstrated through comprehensive biomarker analysis in a high-altitude setting. This study uniquely isolates ozone's effects from other pollutants, providing a critical step forward in understanding its independent role in cardiovascular injury."

Dr. Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM, Editor-in-Chief of JACC

Ozone pollution is becoming a worldwide health issue. Recent studies have linked O3 exposure with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including ischemic heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and atherosclerosis. Hypoxia, or the deficiency of oxygen in the body, is recognized as a pivotal factor in O3-associated CVDs.

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Journal reference:

Hua, Q., et al. (2025) Associations of Short-Term Ozone Exposure With Hypoxia and Arterial Stiffness. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.11.044.

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