THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE HOLIDAYS CAN BRING UNEXPECTED MEDICAL CONCERNS INCLUDING
INCREASED RISK FOR HEART ATTACK
AND STROKE STUDIES SHOW HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES INCREASED ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND NEW
YEAR’S DAY. JOINING ME NOW IS
DOCTOR CHRIS FOX, A
NEUROSURGEON AT
MAYO CLINIC. GOOD MORNING
DOCTOR FOX NOBODY WANTS TO
START THE NEW YEAR LET ALONE
SPEND CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE OF A
STROKE OR A HEART ATTACK.
>> NOW GOOD MORNING, YOU’RE
ABSOLUTELY CAN’T THINK OF
ANYTHING WORSE THAN AS MUCH OF
THE ALL OF
THE HOLIDAYS, MYSELF INCLUDED
FOR A LOT OF FOLKS THERE STRESS
THAT GOES INTO THE HOLIDAYS
THAT’S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY
THERE’S LOTS OF EATING AND
DRINKING AND
THINGS THAT BUT SOME STRESS ON
THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS AND
THAT CAN LEAD TO HEART ATTACKS
AND STROKES UNFORTUNATELY.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: OFTENTIMES MANY
OF US TALK ABOUT STROKE AND
HEART ATTACK BUT TELL US WHAT A
STROKE IS.
THERE’S 2 TYPES OF STROKE AND
THEY BOTH.
>> RESULT IN THE BRAIN GET NOT
GETTING ENOUGH BLOOD FLOW.
ONE TYPE OF STROKE IS WHEN
THERE’S A BLEEDING IN THE
BRAIN. THE OTHER TYPE OF STROKE
IS WHEN A BLOOD VESSEL IS
BLOCKED AND THE RAIN DOES NOT
GET ENOUGH BLOOD FLOW BECAUSE
OF THAT THAT’S THE MORE COMMON
TYPE OF STROKE
AND THAT TYPE OF STROKE THAT
THAT MOST PEOPLE THINK ABOUT
WHEN THEY THINK OF SOMEONE
HAVING A BRAIN ATTACK. SO HUGE.
THERE’S A
LESLIE GET GETS CLOGGED O’CLOCK
THAT COMES FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE
IN
THE BODY. AND THAT THAT BLOCKS
THAT VESSEL AND ALL THAT
THE BRAIN BEHIND THAT VESSEL
DOESN’T GET ENOUGH
BLOOD FLOW.
>> WHAT ARE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
PATIENTS WILL EXPERIENCE.
>> SO WE TALK ABOUT FAST
FACE ARM SPEECH TIME SO.
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN CONTROLS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BODY AND VICE VERSA SO THE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN IS
BLOCKED THEN.
>> PEOPLE CAN EXPERIENCE
TROOPING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF
THE FACE. WEAKNESS ON THE LEFT
SIDE OF
THE BODY. PROBLEMS WITH GETTING
THEIR WORDS OUT BECAUSE THEIR
TOWN MAY NOT
WORK RIGHT. AND THEN THAT HE
PART OF THAT
FAST, ALGORITHM THIS TIME EVERY
MINUTE THAT GOES BY THAT THE
BRAIN IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH
BLOOD FLOW. THOSE BRAIN CELLS
ARE DYING SO THE QUICKER YOU
CAN GET TO THE
SOMEBODY LIKE ME OR MANY OTHER
DOCTORS WHO DO THE SAME STUFF
GET THE STROKE TAKEN CARE OF
THE BETTER OFF
YOU’LL BE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AT WHAT POINT
SHOULD PEOPLE GO TO THE
HOSPITAL.
>> BASICALLY AS SOON AS YOU’RE
HAVING ANY OF THOSE SYMPTOMS
YOU NEED TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL
AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE. SAME THING WITH A
HEART ATTACK, YOU KNOW IF
YOU’RE IF YOU’RE HAVING CHEST
PAIN IF YOU’RE HAVING PAIN THAT
RADIATES TO THE LEFT SIDE OF
YOUR JOB OR
DOWN HERE LEFT OUR MEDIA TO THE
HOSPITAL RIGHT AWAY STATIONS,
YOU KNOW THE SIGNS OF A HEART
ATTACK.
YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T
KNOW THE SIGNS OF STROKE AS
WELL SO YEAH IF YOU’RE HAVING
ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOUR FACE.
WHAT YOUR ARM WITH
YOUR SPEECH ANY OTHER
NEUROLOGIC SYMPTOMS THAT DON’T
SEEM RIGHT JUST NEED TO GET TO
THE HOSPITAL AND
WE CAN TAKE CARE OF HIM AND GET
THINGS DONE AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS DO
THEY DIFFER AMONG DIFFERENT
GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
>> SURE NOT EVERYBODY HAS
CLASSIC SIGNS OF STROKE,
BUT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN A LARGE
VESSEL IN THE BRAIN IS AFFECTED
AGAIN YOU KNOW IT IT’S VERY
REPRODUCIBLE AUNT STEREOTYPE
THE TYPE OF SYMPTOMS THAT
WE SEE. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS
IF ANYTHING IS AND YOU KNOW YOU
DON’T FEEL RIGHT. AND YOU
FEEL LIKE PART OF YOUR BODY IS
WORKING RIGHT OR YOU CAN’T GET
YOUR WORDS OUT OF YOUR THINKING
IS NOT RIGHT OR YOUR VISION AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOMES DOUBLE.
THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF SYMPTOMS
YOU KNOW WE SEE ALL THE TIME
AND
MANY TIMES. PEOPLE STAY AT HOME
THINK YOU KNOW GO AND
UNFORTUNATE THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN
VERY OFTEN SO.
YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, I JUST
GOT A CALL THIS MORNING ABOUT A
29 YEAR-OLD PATIENT
TOTALLY HEALTHY. ALL THE SUDDEN
DEVELOP DOUBLE AND HE’S HAVING
A STROKE SO.
YOU KNOW THE FASTER YOU GET TO
THE HOSPITAL.
THE FASTER WE CAN GET THOSE
BLOOD VESSELS OPENED UP GIVE
BLOOD FLOW BACK TO THE BRAIN TO
GET YOUR BRAND WORKING
NORMALLY AGAIN.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: DOCTOR FOX THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS
MORNING AND HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION WITH US BEFORE I
LET YOU GO
RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WHERE CAN
THEY GO TO FIND OUT MORE
INFORMATION.
>> IF YOU GO TO THE MAYO CLINIC WEBSITE. THERE’S LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT OUR STROKE
PROGRAM THERE. ALSO THE
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, THE
AMERICAN
STROKE ASSOCIATION, GREAT