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Deep venous thrombosis complication after a stroke
There are three kinds of veins in our body: Superficial veins: those that lie close to the skin; Deep veins: those that lie in groups of muscles; and Perforating veins: those that connect them. Deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot in one of the deep veins. Usually it occurs in the pelvis, thigh or [...]
Read moreSensory dysfunction after stroke
Stroke causes disabilities. Besides the paralysis or problems controlling movement; problems using or understanding language; problems with thinking and memory and emotional disturbance, there’s another functional loss that people don’t often mention: the sensory disturbance.
Stroke patients may lose the ability to feel touch, pain, temperature, or position. Sensory deficits may also hinder the ability to [...]
Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIAs)
Transient Ischemic attacks (TIAs) are also called “mini strokes”. As we know, a completed stroke is caused by irreversible brain injury secondary to the interruption of blood flow. In contrast, a TIA is a temporary focal neurologic deficit caused by the brief interruption of local cerebral blood flow in less than [...]
Read moreAll about Vascular Dementia
Apart from the common stroke symptoms like body paralysis or loss of sensation, there are others including decline in “cognitive” mental functions of memory, speech, language, thinking, organization, reasoning or judgment. If these symptoms severely affect the patient’s life, it is called vascular dementia as it is stroke related.
The prevalence rate of dementia is 9 [...]
