If they say yes, I'll ask, ?How's that working for you?' You don't have to nag them. |
Imagine you break off your blood supply to the brain. Part of that brain gets no blood supply at all. It scars up and dies. |
It's a sudden thing. You feel fine one minute and have symptoms the next. |
One thing we do for treatment is to assess those risk factors and minimize them. |
The big thing is prevention. |
There are good treatments options. We can make a difference. |
Usually there's some of the brain tissue that they're not going to get back but some vulnerable brain around the stroke that is salvageable. |
We have to get them that medicine within three hours of the onset of symptoms, which is the challenge. |