>>ZAC LASHWAY: GOOD MORNING, WELCOME BACK IT IS A 12 HELPING YOU LIVE HEALTHY EACH YEAR
795,000 PEOPLE HAVE A STROKE
WHICH IS THE NATION’S 5TH
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH MAY IS
STROKE AWARENESS MONTH.
JOINING ME NOW DOCTOR KRIS BOX
FROM MAYO CLINIC AND PATIENT
FAME. EREKAT THANK YOU BOTH FOR
TALKING WITH US THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU I START WITH YOU CAN
YOU DEFINE FOR US STROKE AND
CAN ANYONE HAVE ONE WHO IS AT
RISK.
>> SURE STROKE IS A RELATIVELY
BROAD TERM BUT IN GENERAL WHAT
IT
MEANS IS WHEN THE BLOOD FLOW IS
DISRUPTED TO THE BRAIN AND THE
BRAIN IS NOT GETTING THE
NUTRIENTS.
IT NEEDS. IT STARTS TO REACT
ORLEANS STROKE CAN BE EITHER
FROM A BLOCKAGE OF A BLOOD
VESSEL GOING TO THE BRAIN OR IT
CAN BE
WHEN A BLOOD VESSEL BURSTS ARE
RUPTURES AND CAUSES BLEEDING IN
THE BRAIN.
SO LET’S TIME THERE ARE MANY
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT RISK IN
OLDER PEOPLE AND
YOUNGER PEOPLE.
>> SO BOTH OLDER AND YOUNGER
LET’S TALK ABOUT SYMPTOMS.
WHAT DO SYMPTOMS LOOK LIKE FEEL
LIKE HOW CAN ONE IDENTIFY WHAT
SYMPTOMS ARE.
>> SURE YET YOU KNOW ANYTHING HAPPENS IN THE BRAIN IS GOING TO AFFECT YOUR LOGIC SAID
SYSTEM AND THAT CAN
FROM YOUR FACE DROOPING TO YOUR
ARM BEING WEEK LOSS OF SPEECH
TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF YOU KNOW
BODILY FUNCTIONS. HAVING DIFFICULTY WALKING HAVING DIFFICULTY THINKING
SO REALLY ANYTIME THAT YOU HAVE
ANY KIND OF SYMPTOM THAT YOU
THINK MAYBE OR A LOGICAL THAT
COULD BE A STROKE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: FAYE YOU HAD A
STROKE LATE LAST YEAR. TELL US
WHEN AND WHAT HAPPENED.
>> I WAS AT WORK AND I WAS ACTUALLY ON MY LUNCH SUDDENLY I FELT LOVE DRESSING SUE THE
RIGHT SIDE OF
MY BRAIN. THEN I BECAME
CONFUSED DIZZY AND DISORIENTED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST EXHAUSTION OF THE BEGINNING BUT THEN WHEN I COULDN’T CATCH MY
AND MY HEART WAS BEATING REALLY
FAST. I THINK THERE’S SOMETHING
WAS WRONG. I CALLED
MY DAUGHTER AND SHE CAME TO
PICK ME UP
I WAS TRYING TO DOWNPLAY IT. I DIDN’T THINK IT WAS THAT SERIOUS BUT SHE INSISTED TO
TAKE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL THAT’S
WHEN SHE TOOK ME TO THE MAYO
CLINIC, THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AND I WASN’T
IMMEDIATELY ADMITTED AND
DIAGNOSED HIM AS HAVING A
STROKE AND THEN DOCTOR
PERFORMED THE PROCEDURE ON ME
AND YOU CAN. AND THAT WAS LIFE
SAVING SO
THANK YOU.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: YEAH WE’RE SO
GLAD THAT YOU’RE OK AND YOU
LOOK AMAZING TODAY WHAT MONTH
DID YOU SAY THAT WAS. WHEN DID
YOU
SAID YEAH AUGUST AUGUST OF 2020
SO NOT EVEN A YEAR AGO.
I.
>> WERE YOU ABLE WHAT IS YOUR
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO TO
FOLKS WATCHING
THIS MORNING WERE YOU ABLE TO
YOU KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR
DAUGHTER PICKING YOU UP IN
FEELING ALL OF THESE SENSATIONS
WERE YOU ABLE
TO ARTICULATE VERBALLY
ARTICULATE WHAT YOU ARE FEELING
WERE YOU ABLE TO WALK DID SHE
HAVE TO HELP YOU.
>> SHE DID HAVE TO HELP ME
ACTUALLY IS THANK YOU FOR
ASKING
THAT I I THOUGHT THAT I WAS A
PARTICULAR INNING WHAT I WAS
FEELING BUT OBVIOUSLY I
WASN’T I THAT’S THE MESSAGE
THAT I WANT EVERYONE TO BE
AWARE OF BE AWARE OF YOUR
CELL PHONE TRY TO VOCALIZE AND
ALSO LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK
FROM THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU
BECAUSE IT WAS THE PEOPLE
AROUND ME GO.
YOU KNOW BROUGHT TO MY
ATTENTION THAT YOU’RE NOT AS
GOOD AS YOU THINK
YOU ARE. ACCORDING TO HER TO MY
DAUGHTER IS IN THE FETAL
POSITION IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE
CAR AND I WAS TELLING HER
STATELY HOME, I CAN STAVE THIS
OFF. BUT APPARENTLY IT
WASN’T SO JUST BE AWARE TRIED
TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE
AROUND YOU ASK FOR HELP DO NOT
TRY TO
UNDERMINE ANY SYMPTOMS THAT YOU
FEEL IS UNUSUAL IT’S AND IF YOU
THINK THAT IT’S UNUSUAL IT IS
UNUSUAL ACT AND CALL
911 IMMEDIATELY.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND I’M ASSUMING
WITH THAT SAID STRUCK NEVER
EVEN CROSSED
YOUR MIND.
>> NOT AT ALL I NEED OF A
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. I FOLLOW THE
MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND EXERCISE
REGULARLY 3 TO 5 TIMES A WEEK.
I DID NOT EVEN CROSS MY MIND IT WASN’T UNTIL I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AND THAT YOU KNOW FROM
THE LINE OF QUESTIONING THAT
YOU KNOW THE QUESTIONS THAT THE
NURSES HAVE
ASKED ME. THAT’S WHEN IT CAME
THEY TOLD ME THAT YOU’RE HAVING
A STROKE.
I DID NOT THINK ABOUT IT AT ALL
NOT COME TO MIND. DOCTOR
FOX WHY.
>> IS IT SO CRITICAL FOR PEOPLE
TO GET EMERGENCY
MEDICAL CARE. SO QUICKLY.
>> YEAH THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION
AND THEN RELEASED BECAUSE TIME
IS BRAIN WHEN YOU’RE HAVING
A STROKE. EVERY MINUTE ADDS UP
AND THAT CAN LEAD TO FURTHER
PROBLEMS WITH YOUR BRAIN DOWN
THE ROAD. SO YOU GOT TO GET TO
PEOPLE WHO CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU
SOON AS YOU CAN AND THEY BRINGS
UP A NUMBER OF GREAT POINTS AND
ONE OF THEM IS THE FACT THAT I
THINK MANY PEOPLE EVEN PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN HEALTH CARE.
THINK ABOUT STROKE BEING A
DISEASE OF OLDER PATIENTS AND
THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE.
YOUNGER PATIENTS CAN HAVE A
STROKE. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO’S A
NEUROSURGEON WHO HAD A STROKE
DAYS AFTER HIS 40TH BIRTHDAY
FORTUNATELY IS TOTALLY
RECOVERED, BUT THAT WAS FROM ME
HEART DEFECT THAT HE NEVER KNEW
HE HAD. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS EVEN IF YOU’RE YOUNG AND HEALTHY AND
EXERCISE ME RIGHT JUST LIKE
RATED.
YOU CAN’T BE SURE THAT IT’S NOT
A STROKE INTO THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING IS
GET TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE
PEOPLE CAN TAKE CARE OF YOU AS
SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND DOCTOR FOX
FAITH THANK YOU BOTH FOR
JOINING US KICKING OFF OUR
COVERAGE OF STROKE AWARENESS
WE’RE SO GLAD YOU’RE OK.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.