Word: stroke
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...There are three critical junctures at which you can get a sense of someone's prognosis after a stroke - within the first hour, within the first day or two, and within the first week. This is when the extent of the damage from a stroke starts to become apparent. It is also the time when there is the greatest risk of a second, even more severe stroke...
...when Kennedy was hospitalized this morning on Cape Cod with "stroke-like symptoms," there was no time to waste. If he has indeed suffered a stroke - which is still not clear - then every second that blood flow to the brain was interrupted, the risk of serious neurological damage increases...
...Most strokes are caused by clots. But they can also occur if there is bleeding directly into the brain. This second kind of stroke, called a hemorrhagic stroke, is the most difficult kind to recover from. The risk of a hemorrhagic stroke increases a bit if you are put on blood thinners. This is apparently what happened to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who was given blood thinners after he suffered an earlier minor stroke and is still in a coma. News reports have not indicated whether Sen. Kennedy is on medication to thin his blood...
...Word that Kennedy may have suffered one or possibly two seizures does not necessarily mean that he did not have a stroke. Seizures sometimes occur immediately after a stroke. Even people who have recovered from a stroke are more likely than folks who have never had a stroke to experience a seizure at some point in the following year...
...other hand, living past the age of 60 also increases your chances of suffering a seizure that may or may not be related to a stroke. Seizures in older adults sometimes occur as a reaction to medication, to alcohol withdrawal or because of problems with the blood supply in the brain that hasn't yet risen to the level of a stroke...