Gadget that saves stroke patients - by making their arteries shake - This is Wrong, wrong, wrong

There is a massive lack of understanding here. Carotid artery blockages do not directly cause a stroke. What they are actually doing is sending debris into the brain to plug up the smaller arteries. It is exactly like breaking up an asteroid heading for earth, breaking that up into a dozen or so pieces will still destroy the earth, just in more locations.If you have unstable plaque in those carotids you have just caused a stroke.
I would NEVER allow this to be done to me.
Gadget that saves stroke patients - by making their arteries shake - Wrong, wrong, wrong

A device that 'shakes' the arteries to clear any blockages and help patients after a stroke has been developed by scientists.

The gadget, which is held under the chin, sends out vibrations that shake the blood vessels that lead to the brain, dislodging any blockages and reducing long-term damage.

It's also thought to make drug treatment more effective, as it helps speed up the breakdown of clots.

In a recent study in Canada, healthy volunteers who used the device had increased blood flow throughout the brain.

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The device is roughly the size of a hand-held microphone and targets the carotid arteries which travel through the neck and under the chin carrying oxygen-rich blood to the head [FILE PHOTO]

The developers believe this shows that it enhances blood supply by clearing blockages, and studies in stroke patients are now planned.

The device is roughly the size of a hand-held microphone and targets the carotid arteries which travel through the neck and under the chin carrying oxygen-rich blood to the head.

These arteries supply the large area at the front of the brain that controls thought, speech and personality as well as sensory and movement functions - these are the areas most commonly damaged by stroke. You don't understand the Circle of Willis at all do you?

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