‘Stroke can be reversed in elders with right diagnosis, treatment’
The Hindu
Medication within the golden hour can help, say doctors
At Kauvery Hospital, two persons, aged 91 and 80, were recently treated for stroke and have since recovered.
“The nonagenarian was brought to the hospital with a slight paralysis on the right side of his face, and we proceeded for a CT scan of the brain to rule out any bleeding,” said Sivarajan Thandeswaran, senior consultant, stroke and neurovascular medicine.
“He presented with weakness on the right side of his body and was unable to speak or move his limbs freely. But within a couple of days, with treatment to remove clots in blood vessels and later physio- and speech therapy, he improved and was able to walk,” he said.
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