Know the Signs of Stroke

SATURDAY, May 10, 2014 (Health Day News)

Some reminers a!o"t ete#tin$ an treatin$ stro%es are o&&ere as Stro%e Awareness Month
#ontin"es'
Dr' Henry (oo an Dr' Da)i *iorella, #o+ire#tors o& the Stony ,roo% Uni)ersity
-ere!ro)as#"lar an Stro%e -enter, say the most im.ortant thin$ is to remem!er the *AST
r"les a!o"t stro%e sym.toms/
* ++ &a#e roo.in$
A ++ arm wea%ness
S ++ s.ee#h i&&i#"lty
T ++ time to #all 011
1S.ee o& treatment is #r"#ial,1 sai (oo, an eno)as#"lar ne"ros"r$eon an .ro&essor o&
ne"rolo$i#al s"r$ery an raiolo$y at Stony ,roo%2s S#hool o& Mei#ine, in a "ni)ersity news
release' 13eo.le are see%in$ treatment &aster an, more #riti#ally, at the ri$ht .la#e ++ a health
#are &a#ility that2s !een #erti&ie as a .rimary stro%e #enter'14& yo" s"s.e#t yo"2re ha)in$ a
stro%e, #all 011' 1Alert the o.erator that yo" are ha)in$ sym.toms o& a stro%e,1 ae *iorella, a
ne"rointer)entional raiolo$ist an also a .ro&essor o& ne"rolo$i#al s"r$ery an raiolo$y at
Stony ,roo%, in the news release' 1As% to !e ta%en to a .rimary stro%e #enter, where
a..ro.riate an e&&i#ient .roto#ols are in .la#e, the latest inter)entions are a)aila!le 2456 an
yo"r mei#al team is e7.erien#e an hi$hly traine'1*iorella sai it2s im.ortant to %now that
there are two %ins o& stro%es ++ is#hemi# (a )essel !e#omes !lo#%e an #an2t !rin$ .ro.er
!loo &low to .arts o& the !rain) an hemorrha$i# (a )essel r".t"res an !leein$ !e$ins in or
aro"n the !rain)'4s#hemi# stro%es are the most #ommon, *iorella sai' 1,oth %ins #an !e
either a#"te or #hroni#' A#"te stro%e $enerally si$ni&ies the s"en onset o& sym.toms,
ini#atin$ that yo" are inee ha)in$ a stro%e' -hroni# stro%e ini#ates the .resen#e o& &a#tors
that #o"l e)ent"ally #a"se a stro%e, s"#h as a !lo#%a$e or an "n+r".t"re ane"rysm' 4n these
#ases, i& ete#te in time an treate, stro%e #an !e .re)ente'14s#hemi# stro%e sym.toms
in#l"e .aralysis (es.e#ially on one sie o& the !oy), s.ee#h an )is"al isr".tions, wea%ness
thro"$ho"t the !oy an loss o& #ons#io"sness'13eo.le also may e7.erien#e more s"!tle si$ns,
s"#h as n"m!ness an tin$lin$, whi#h may ini#ate what is #ommonly #alle a mini+stro%e,
ortransient is#hemi# atta#%,1 (oo sai'Transient is#hemi# atta#%s 1ten to 8"i#%ly resol)e
themsel)es, !"t they are o&ten a .re#"rsor to a ma9or stro%e, so it2s im.ortant to ta%e them
serio"sly an see a o#tor i& yo" s"s.e#t yo" ha)e ha one,1 he ae' Hemorrha$i# stro%e
#an !e ramati#, in#l"in$ a s"en an immensely .ain&"l heaa#he "nli%e any other'
Diabetics Fare Well After Kidney Transplants, Study
Finds
*R4DAY, May 0, 2014 (Health Day News) :
S"r)i)al rates &or .eo.le with ia!etes who ha)e a %iney
trans.lant are similar to those o& .eo.le witho"t ia!etes, a new
st"y &ins'
Resear#hers loo%e at nearly 1,600 .eo.le who re#ei)e new %ineys !etween 100; an 2006,
in#l"in$ a!o"t 400 with ia!etes' ,e&ore 2004, %iney trans.lant .atients with ia!etes were
more than twi#e as li%ely to ie within &i)e years as those witho"t ia!etes'
,"t a&ter 2004, the &i)e+year s"r)i)al rate &or .eo.le with ia!etes was similar to that o& .eo.le
witho"t ia!etes, a##orin$ to the st"y ."!lishe online re#ently in the 9o"rnal Kidney
International'
The &inin$s show that there ha)e !een ma9or im.ro)ements in the mana$ement o& %iney
trans.lant .atients with ia!etes, the Mayo -lini# resear#hers sai' S.e#i&i#ally, the
im.ro)ements in .atient #are le to si$ni&i#ant e#lines in heart .ro!lems an in&e#tions'
1(e were really en#o"ra$e to see this $a. im.ro)e so ramati#ally,1 st"y leaer Dr' *ernano
-osio, mei#al ire#tor o& %iney an .an#reas trans.lantation, sai in a Mayo news release'
1Dia!eti# .atients who "ner$o %iney trans.lantation #an e7.e#t o"t#omes e8"ally as
s"##ess&"l as non+ia!eti#s, .ro)ie that they are ili$ent in their mana$ement o& !loo
.ress"re, $l"#ose, healthy wei$ht, an other &a#tors that in&l"en#e their %iney &"n#tion an
o)erall well+!ein$,1 he ae'