How do stroke survivors feel?

Everyone's experience of stroke is unique, but for many people it feels like they've lost the life they had before. Feelings of shock, denial, anger, grief and guilt are normal when you're faced with such a devastating change. Dealing with them can be hard, and everyone does it in their own way.

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How does a person feel after a stroke?

Common post-stroke physical problems include: Weakness, paralysis, and trouble with balance or coordination. Pain, numbness, or burning and tingling feelings. Fatigue, which may continue after you return home.

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Do you ever feel the same after a stroke?

As you begin to recover, you might feel that your behaviour changes or improves. You may start feeling better physically and emotionally. But some changes will be long term. You are still the same person, but a stroke may change the way you respond to things.

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What is the average lifespan after a stroke?

How Does a Stroke Impact Life Expectancy? Despite the likelihood of making a full recovery, life expectancy after stroke incidents can decrease. Unfortunately, researchers have observed a wide range of life expectancy changes in stroke patients, but the average reduction in lifespan is nine and a half years.

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Does a person's personality change after a stroke?

According to the American Stroke Association, personality changes are common after a stroke, but often go undiagnosed, so it's important to speak with your doctor to identify and treat these changes.

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What are good signs after a stroke?

Here are some of the most common patterns and signs of recovery from stroke:
  • Progress occurring fastest within the first 3 months — but continuing as long as you pursue recovery. ...
  • Independence increasing with the activities of daily living. ...
  • Sleepiness or tiredness could actually be a sign of recovery.

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What to expect 6 months after a stroke?

The 6-Month Mark and Beyond

After six months, improvements are possible but will be much slower. Most stroke patients reach a relatively steady state at this point. For some, this means a full recovery. Others will have ongoing impairments, also called chronic stroke disease.

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How likely is a second stroke?

Of those, the CDC notes, about 25 percent occur in those who have already suffered a stroke. This includes both ischemic strokes, where a blood clot blocks blood flow to the brain, and hemorrhagic strokes, when an artery in the brain breaks open. “One in four people who have a stroke may have another,” says Dr.

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What should you avoid after a stroke?

You should limit sweets, cakes, biscuits and processed and fatty meats. It's important to also switch the saturated fats in your diet for unsaturated fats and to reduce your salt intake by avoiding high-salt foods like processed meats, salty snacks and ready-made soups, as well as not adding salt to foods.

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Does stress cause strokes?

There are undeniable links between heart disease, stroke and stress. Stress can cause the heart to work harder, increase blood pressure, and increase sugar and fat levels in the blood. These things, in turn, can increase the risk of clots forming and travelling to the heart or brain, causing a heart attack or stroke.

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Are you more prone to strokes after having one?

For many stroke survivors, their greatest fear is having another stroke. Once you've had a stroke your risk of having another is increased, but understanding what factors may have caused your stroke will help you know how to reduce your risk of having another one.

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Does post stroke fatigue ever go away?

Fatigue may improve with time but it can also be persistent and some patients may never be completely free of it. Tasks that may have come easily before the stroke may be harder and therefore require more energy then they previously would. Management of fatigue is best done with lifestyle changes.

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Do you go back to normal after a stroke?

If you have had a stroke, you can make great progress in regaining your independence. However, some problems may continue: Paralysis (inability to move some parts of the body), weakness, or both on one side of the body. Trouble with thinking, awareness, attention, learning, judgment, and memory.

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What is a long term problem after a stroke?

The most common types of disability after stroke are impaired speech, restricted physical abilities, weakness or paralysis of limbs on one side of the body, difficulty gripping or holding things, and a slowed ability to communicate.

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What is the golden time after a stroke?

The reason the first hour is golden is because stroke patients have a much greater chance of surviving and avoiding long-term brain damage if they arrive at the hospital and receive treatment with a clot-busting drug called TPA within that first hour.

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What is the best exercise after a stroke?

Activities like water aerobics, Zumba, spin, yoga and pilates all offer something different. You can choose something energetic that gets your heart working or you can focus on flexibility and strength. Some groups use music and some have a social side.

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How does age affect stroke recovery?

Many prior studies showed that functional recovery until 6 months after stroke onset was better in younger patients and then persisted until 30 months after stroke onset in all patients; conversely, we observed a functional decline between 6 and 30 months after stroke onset in patients aged ≥70 years.

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What is the most important thing to do after a stroke?

One of the most important things to do after stroke — and never stop doing until you're reached your fullest recovery — is rehab exercise.

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Does the brain ever heal after a stroke?

Few patients recover fully and most are left with some disability, but the majority exhibit some degree of spontaneous recovery. Doctors and scientists don't fully understand how this happens, because the brain does not grow new cells to replace the ones damaged by the stroke.

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How long does it take the brain to heal after a stroke?

Gains can happen quickly or over time.

The most rapid recovery usually occurs during the first three to four months after a stroke, but some survivors continue to recover well into the first and second year after their stroke.

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Is it good for a stroke patient to sleep a lot?

Studies have also demonstrated that sleep can improve learning and memory, both of which can play a role in stroke recovery. Memory and learning often go hand in hand. Sleep promotes the processing and consolidation of memories.

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Why are stroke victims so tired?

In the long term, having a physical disability also means your energy is being used in different ways. For example walking and completing other daily activities may well take up much more energy than they did before your stroke, making you more likely to feel tired.

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Why do stroke survivors sleep so much?

Two-thirds of stroke survivors have a condition known as sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which is characterized by abnormal breathing patterns that interrupt your sleep during the night. As a result of SDB, you may be very sleepy during the day and have more difficulty concentrating or solving problems.

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Can you fly after a stroke?

Can I fly after a stroke? People often ask when it is safe to fly after a stroke. It is probably best to avoid flying for the first two weeks.

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Can you drink alcohol after a stroke?

If you've had a stroke, you may be more vulnerable to the negative effects that alcohol can have. If you're sleeping badly, have poor balance or speech problems, alcohol could make these worse. Alcohol can also worsen mood swings and depression, which are common after stroke.

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