TO BE BROUGHT METEOROLOGIST CANDACE CAMPOS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE.
THIS IS NEWS. 6 AT 09:00AM
GETTING RESULTS.
>> CANDACE: THIS MONTH, HEALTH
EXPERTS SEEK TO BRING
AWARENESS TO A HEALTH PROBLEM
THAT KILLS THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS EVERY YEAR. NOW,
ACCORDING TO THE CDC, EVERY 40
SECONDS SOMEONE IN THE U.S.
HAS A STROKE. IT’S ALSO THE
LEADING CAUSE OF LONG-TERM
DISABILITY. THAT’S WHY TALKING
ABOUT STROKE WARNINGS, SIGNS,
RISK AND PREVENTION IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO BRIDGET IS
STANDING BY NOW TO ASK A
DOCTOR.
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DOCTOR. ♪ >> BRIDGETT: LIKE SO MANY
HEALTH ISSUES, STROKES ARE
LARGELY PREVENTABLE. AND IT’S
ABOUT MAKING GOOD LIFESTYLE
CHANGES. JOINING US NOW,
DOCTOR JACOB, A VASCULAR
NEUROLOGIST WITH HCA, FLORIDA
OSCEOLA HOSPITAL. THANKS FOR
JOINING US, DOCTOR. JACOB,
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WHEN
IT COMES TO STROKE, WHAT ARE
SOME OF THOSE COMMON SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS OF SOMEONE WHO MIGHT
BE EXPERIENCING STROKE? SO THE
MOST EASIEST WAY TO REMEMBER
THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A
STROKE IS USING A MNEMONIC
THAT WE CALL IS BE FAST.
>> JULIE: SO B, STANDS FOR
ANYTIME YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF
BALANCE ISSUES OF CORNYATION
PROBLEMS AND HE STANDS FOR I
THAT’S EITHER LOSS OF VISION
IN BOTH ONE EYE OR DOUBLE
VISION CAN BE CONCERNING AND
FAST. SO F STANDS FOR ANY TYPE
OF DROOPING OF THE FACE,
NUMBNESS, OF ONE SIDE OF THE
FACE STANDS FOR SO, YOU KNOW,
THE ACTUAL WEAKNESS IN THE ARM
OR LEG AND STANDS FOR SPEECH,
ANY TYPE OF SLURRING OF SPEECH
OR DIFFICULTY GETTING WORDS
OUT AND THEN T STANDS FOR
TIME. TIME IS BRAIN. SO TIME
TO CALL 9-1-1.
>> ALL RIGHT. NICK, YES, AND
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TRENDS
THAT YOU HAVE NOTICED IT AT
YOUR HOSPITAL?
>> SO AT OUR HOSPITAL AT 80
HOSPITAL THAT I WORK YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE NOTICED THAT, YOU
KNOW, THE AGE GROUP OR STROKE
IN GENERAL IS COMING DOWN. SO
IT IS SO YOUNGER PATIENTS SO
MORE YOUNGER PATIENTS ARE
COMING IN WITH A STROKE AND
ACTUALLY EVEN IN THE AGE
GROUP, 18 TO 49, HOW WE’RE
SEEING A LOT OF JOKES. BOTH IS
C-MYC STROKES AND HEMORRHAGIC
STROKES IT HAS BEEN SORT OF A
RISING TREND OVER THE PAST 10
YEARS. IS THERE ANY
CORRELATION OR SOME SORT OF
CARS THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO
TRACE BACK TO? WHY YOUNGER
PATIENTS ARE EXPERIENCING
STROKE. SO A LOT OF ARE THE
SAME SCENE CAUSES UNSEEN RISK
FACTORS THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT
PATIENTS HAVE WHICH INCLUDES
HIGH UNCONTROLLED HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE OR DIABETES, SMOKING
OBESITY, DRUG USE, ALCOHOL
USE. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME
SPECIFIC CAUSES THAT ARE
PARTICULAR TO POPULATIONS AS
WELL LIKE CLOTTING DISORDERS.
OR IF YOU HAVE WHAT WE CALL IS
DISSECTION, WHICH IS BASICALLY
TEARING OF THE BLOOD VESSELS
IN THE NECK. AND THAT CAN BE
DUE TO ANYTHING A LIKE A BLUNT
TRAUMA OVER MANIPULATION OF
THE NECK OR OVER EXTENSION OF
THE NECK CAN CAUSE IT. AND
THEN SOME SPECIFIC RISK
FACTORS PARTICULAR TO WOMEN
THAT PREGNANCIES OF MAIN RISK
FACTOR THAT CAN CAUSE STROKE
OR IF YOU’RE ON A BUS CONTROL
CONTAINING ESTROGEN AND
ACTUALLY THE COMBINATION OF
TAKING A BIRTH CONTROL WITH
ESTROGEN AND SMOKING CAN
ACTUALLY INCREASES YOUR RISK
OF HAVING A STROKE. ARE MEN OR
WOMEN MORE LARGELY AFFECTED.
SO MAINLY MEN ARE MOSTLY
AFFECTED IN HAVING A STROKE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
OLDER AGE GROUP, HOWEVER, AND
THAT YOUNG POPULATION, WE ARE
SEEING MORE WOMEN BEING
AFFECTED AND IT COULD BE
BECAUSE THEY’RE ON HORMONES OR
BECAUSE OF ALL THE YOU KNOW,
PARTICULAR OBVIOUS FACTORS
THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT THAT,
YOU KNOW, PERTAINS TO WOMEN
THAN MEN. WOW. AND SO WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE TREATMENT OPTIONS
AVAILABLE WHEN IT COMES TO
ADDRESSING THOSE SYMPTOMS?
AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING MEDICAL
CARE RIGHT AWAY. SO THERE ARE
A LOT OF CHEAP AND OPTIONS
AND, YOU KNOW, I’VE
COMPREHENSIVE STROKE CENTER
LIKE OUR STROKE CENTER. WE
HAVE A 24 7 NEUROLOGIST WHO IS
ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO TO ASSESS
THE PATIENT AND DECIDE WHAT
THEY NEED. SO SOME OF THE
ACHIEVEMENTS AVAILABLE WOULD
WHAT WE CALL AS A CLOT BUSTING
MEDICATION CALLED T AND K RTP,
WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A BLOCKED
IN IRAN, WHICH IS HELPFUL TO
KIND OF DISSOLVE ANY CLOCK
THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE
CAUSING ABOUT STROKE AND KIND
OF TO MINIMIZE THE EFFECTS OF
THAT STROKE. THE OTHER THING
THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT’S BEEN
WIDELY POPULAR OVER THE PAST 5
TO 6 YEARS WOULD BE SUCH A
PROCEDURE CALLED MECHANICAL
THROMBECTOMY, WHICH IS
ESSENTIALLY THERE’S A BIG
CLOCK IS VISIBLE ON A CAT
SCAN. IN INTERVENTIONAL
RADIOLOGIST START A SURGEON
CAN ACTUALLY GO AND RICHIE
THAT CLOCK TO MINIMIZE THE
EFFECTS THE AND WHAT ARE SOME
WAYS TO TO, YOU KNOW, DO
EXPLORE PREVENTION BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT
MEDICATIONS AND
>> JULIE: WHAT ARE SOME THINGS
WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND? YOU
KNOW, IN OUR DAILY ROUTINES TO
LOWER OUR RISK OF STROKE. SO I
MEAN, THERE ARE SOME THINGS
THAT ARE BEYOND OUR CONTROL,
BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT
WE CAN EASILY DO LIKE
LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS, I
THINK IS NUMBER ONE. THERE. SO
DAILY EXERCISE, A TYPE OF
EXERCISE MAY BE FOR 30
MINUTES. I’M EATING A HEALTHY
QUIT SMOKING. THAT IS NUMBER
ONE CAUSE DEBILITATING STROKE.
SO I’M QUITTING. THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT. AND THEN I THINK
THAN ANOTHER BIG THING,
ESPECIALLY THAT YOUNG ADULTS
SHOULD KNOW IS GOING TO A PCP
EVERY YEAR AND MAKING SURE YOU
GET THAT ANNUAL CHECKUP. AND,
YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT YOU
DON’T NEED TO BE ON A TEAM
MEDICATIONS FOR THESE RISK
FACTORS LIKE HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE OR IF YOU HAVE
BECAUSE THERE’S NO SPECIFIC
AGE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD
HAVE A STROKE AT ANY AGE AND
THERE’S NO
>> AND THERE’S NO RIGHT TIME