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Body systems affected by stroke
A female asked:
Dr. Thomas Mcgowananswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Neuro: A stroke affects your brain and the nervous system. YOur nervous system controls a lot, from breathing, to heart rate, but mainly a stroke reveals it... Read More
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Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 34 years experience
Stroke: Brain, where blood supply gets cut off, leading to loss of functions of areas supplied by the obstructed blood vessel.
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2.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Olav Jarenanswered
Neurology 21 years experience
Stroke affects brain: A stroke most often affects the brain. It is possible it could affect the spinal cord also.
Sometimes an alternate condition named "heat stroke" is ... Read More
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3.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Mario Matos-Cruzanswered
Thoracic Surgery 41 years experience
Depends.: Right hand dominant hemisphere is the left hemisphere. Depending on the location of the infarct, several options. The motor cortex, speech area, speec... Read More
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5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Venkata Chilakapatianswered
Internal Medicine - Cardiology 25 years experience
Stroke: Yes. Stroke could affect your memory and eyesight. In majority of the cases it unlikely to improve.
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4.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Christian Assadanswered
Cardiology 16 years experience
Depends on size and: Depends on the size and location of the stroke. Depending on the locations your symptoms could go from blindness, impaired movement, unable to underst... Read More
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3.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Steven Ajlunianswered
Cardiology 37 years experience
Unilateral weakness: Sudden weakness on one side of the body could represent either a transient reversible ischemic event (tia, lasting oly a short time) or it could last ... Read More
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5.8k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Pedro Hernandezanswered
Geriatrics 42 years experience
F/u with Neurologist: Take him to the neurologist who may try medicines for neuropathic pain like lyrica, (pregabalin) Gabapentin or others. Otherwise take him to pain mana... Read More
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6k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Steven Chmielewskianswered
Diagnostic Radiology 32 years experience
An infarct.: When a complete stroke occurs or cerebral infarction, the blood supply to a part of the brain is stopped, usually by a blood clot in the artery supply... Read More
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5.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Al Hegabanswered
Allergy and Immunology 42 years experience
No: stroke doesn't cause such, but you need to be seen for better management, your question isn't descriptive enough, good luck
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991 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Tushar Patelanswered
Radiology 28 years experience
Not always: As with all exercise, the body will adapt to it and become more efficient at it, and therefore give you less returns/results for your efforts. If all... Read More
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5.4k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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