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positivelyqueer · 11 months ago
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give love to people with traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, stroke, neurological condition, worsening mental health, trauma, PTSD and all other brain based conditions that make you feel conflicted about your identity. About whether or not you’re the ‘same person’ you were before your injury or illness. People constant evolve and change but can be more difficult when changes more sudden, pronounced, and noticed by others. I hope you are doing well and are able to find some peace, support and love.
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midnight-soulless-system · 2 months ago
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Hot take, but everyone should be taught the symptoms and signs of a stroke. This should be a mandatory lesson in school.
Anyone could have a stroke, at any time, including you, the person reading this! If you were having a stroke wouldn't you want someone to be able to quickly identify it and get you help before it got really bad? Brain damage is fucking serious, and yet it's the butt of so many jokes and ehat most people know about it is the "burnt toast smell" which can be caused by many things.
So, as someone who has forced my mother to let me do her annual stroke test assessment to make sure she still knoes the stroke signs and everything, here are some things you can do to try and determine if someone is having a stroke. (Yes I passed the test everytime I did it and my mother would watch it with me)
Has their face drooped? Ask them to smile wide and if one or both sides of their face are drooping, they may be having a stroke. Call 911 or whatever emergency services
After this, ask them if you can touch their arms and legs to see if they can feel it. If they do not say yes or some affirmative DO NOT TOUCH THEM. Consent isn't just for sex, and this person is most likely going through a very traumatic sscenario. If they say yes, have them close their eyes and tell you which body part and or side you are touching them on. Let the 911 operator know your findings, and if they say no move on to the next step.
Test their speech. Have them say "I want my mother/mama" Can they say "a cactus is prickly"? If their speech is slurred then this is a sign of a stroke. Tell the 911 operator how severe the slurring is.
Have them try to raise their arms and legs. Let the operator know if they can or cannot raise any of their limbs, or if they have any difficulty.
Finally, ask them what year it is, what day it is, who's the president, where they are, etc. If they answer any of these questions wrong (especially if it seems like a really random answer) let the operator know.
Hopefully this helps someone. And please, for the love of fuck, treat stroke patients and survivors and people with brain damage like normal fucking people. Don't baby them and shit, and treat then like how you'd treat anyone else.
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testoster0ne · 2 years ago
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4nimalcanibal · 10 months ago
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one-time-i-dreamt · 15 days ago
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I tried to come out to my friend but instead just had a stroke.
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crazytime9 · 1 year ago
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unbfacts · 7 days ago
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British actress Emilia Clarke survived two brain aneurysms during her twenties. Following her recovery, she founded the charity SameYou to support individuals recovering from brain injuries and strokes.
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fitover40tx · 1 month ago
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Santa said I was naughty This year...but I still want my stockings filled up...
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spacevixenmusic · 10 months ago
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Source: Gushing Over Magical Girls [2024]
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deep-dark-fears · 2 years ago
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I'd like to propose toast. A fear submitted by Vicky to Deep Dark Fears - thanks!
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jackvanzet · 1 year ago
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allthecanadianpolitics · 10 months ago
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A Tsawwassen, B.C., man says he could have died waiting for an ambulance after suffering a stroke. Layne French, 36, was driving through the Massey Tunnel on March 13 when the stroke happened. He said he was sitting in some traffic when he coughed, then felt a pain on his right side and what felt like a kick to the back of the head. “At first I thought it was just an optical illusion,” he said, while he attempted to blink away the moving ground. “But then it just kept going and I was like, ‘This is not good. This is not good’. And as I’m driving, I start to feel (the right) side of my body freeze. I’ve lost control of it. “And I just feel it starting to slide and (slump down). And now I can’t tell if it was or not, but I had no control over it. And then my eyes were just slowly drifting towards the passenger floorboard. And I remember this vividly thinking in my head, ‘This is not good. What’s happening’.”
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mindblowingscience · 4 months ago
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People with one of the type A blood groups are more likely to have a stroke before the age of 60 compared with people with other blood types, research shows. Blood types describe the rich variety of chemicals displayed on the surface of our red blood cells. Among the most familiar are those named A and B, which can be present together as AB, individually as A or B, or not present at all, as O.
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my-self-reflections · 1 year ago
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blackhealth007 · 2 months ago
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Damage to the brain from interruption of its blood supply.
A stroke is a medical emergency.
Symptoms of stroke include trouble walking, speaking, and understanding, as well as paralysis or numbness of the face, arm, or leg.
Early treatment with medications like tPA (clot buster) can minimize brain damage. Other treatments focus on limiting complications and preventing additional strokes.
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