Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Blood Clot


Blood Clot
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This message is a email forward i received. Hope it will be useful for every one.

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) .she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening

Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don't die. they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR . Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. It is sunny out today.)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue.. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

I have done my part. Will you?

4 comments:

Sreenadh said...

Nice Information

Unknown said...

Hi my mother died due to stroke on last year jun23rd, she got the attack on jun 07th and she was admitted in appollo hospital but she did not survived, I love my mother very much. I miss her very much. But everyone says that she got brain strokedied due to deep depression.Kindly give me more info about this

Unknown said...

kane said...
Nice Information //

Thanks Kane

Unknown said...

Azimuth said...
Hi my mother died due to stroke on last year jun23rd, she got the attack on jun 07th and she was admitted in appollo hospital but she did not survived, I love my mother very much. I miss her very much. But everyone says that she got brain strokedied due to deep depression.Kindly give me more info about this//

Azimuth, I wrote this blog with the information that i received through email. I hope this information is useful for all. I do not know the answer for your question. It is better you contact a medical practioner for the same. I am also sorry to hear your mother's death.