Stroke causes unconsciousness

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Avatar f tn One time, he fainted and collapsed outside our house without our knowledge. Luckily, he was bale to get up few minutes later. Can you tell me what causes the collapse? Whats in the alcohol?is it bad for those with high blood pressures individuals. Will it be considered a stroke or heart attack?...what shall we do to prevent it from happening again. Pls explain to us the cause and effect of that incident..Thank you very much..
Avatar f tn My mother-in-law suffered a hemorrhagic stroke and as part of her treatment she was placed in a drug induced coma. The sedation has been removed for over three weeks and she is still "sleeping." There is also considerable swelling in the brain and the response to medication is insignificant so far. The doctors discussed with my husband that the side of her brain affected by the stroke is completely dead and the real possibility that she may never walk or talk again.
Avatar n tn In the brain, it may block a blood vessel, preventing blood flow to a part of the brain. This causes a STROKE. A stroke is an injury to the brain. It may cause weakness or paralysis of an arm or leg, or inability to speak or unconsciousness. It can be a very serious problem, sometimes. It's because of this risk of stroke that doctors advise that even small ASD's be closed, by surgery or other methods. "Recently, some alternatives to surgery have emerged.
Avatar n tn Rehabilitation during the hospital stay after stroke generally refers to all the measures taken to prevent a recurrent stroke and complications (in the hospital) while ensuring proper management of general health functions, mobilizing the patient, encouraging resumption of self-care activities, and providing emotional support to the patient and family. There might always be some residual impairment (neurological deficit) after the stroke.
Avatar f tn Hi Welcome to the MedHelp forum! I am sorry to hear about your mother. Post craniotomy your mother could have had a stroke, brain swelling, infection, brain damage etc resulting in loss of consciousness. It is difficult to comment beyond this. A spinal tap may be diagnostic at this stage. Please consult her neurologist. Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!
Avatar n tn when some one suffers from concussion at what stage shold they be taken by ambulance to hospital. Does that happen if the person has a long period of unconsciousness or just with any unconscoussness? if when they wake up they have a dazed and confused look on their face and then when they try to stand up they loos there balance should they be called and ambulance and be taken to hospital. At what point should a ct scan be done?
Avatar m tn I am having episodes of unconsciousness. I will be doing normal things and suddenly loose consciousness and once I am conscious I have memory lose for usually a few hours up to most of the day. I have been having these episodes for a little over a year now. I have had a bunch of test done including an eeg, cat-scan and a neural phyc evaluation. My phyciatrist thinks it might be a dissociative disorder however it does not fit in any of the categories completely.
Avatar f tn What causes prostatomegaly(enlarged prostate)...is caused by a urinary infection or is it caused by HORMONE IMBALANCE? Is it caused by a STD?
Avatar m tn My nephew is 10 years old and he faints (unconsciousness) couple minutes for each time and multiple times every single night around 9pm for more than 3 weeks already. His fainting is getting worst and more frequently lately. He had blood test and MRI done in hospital but the results were normal. The hospital and his specialist could not find what causes the faints. Wish you can help my nephew and many many thanks!!!
Avatar m tn The etiology would be if the carotid bodies sense a decrease in blood pressure they send a message to increase the heart rate and stroke volume of the heart. If the pressure increases, they tell the heart to slow down. This is why a person can press on specific areas of the neck and have a response in their heart. This procedure, called carotid massage, can induce changes in blood pressure and can even cause a person to stop having an arrhythmia, or irregular heart beat.
Avatar f tn he is currently 50, had a stroke on the right side of his brain at the age of 22 that was the result of drugs and has left his left side of his body weaker with hypotonia and now has tunnel vision. He has hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, has a heart murmur, sleep apnea that he did have surgery to try to repair but did not work and he is now on the max for his cpap machine. His family does have a hx of alzheimer's disease and cardiac problems. Any thoughts or ideas??
Avatar f tn he has been suffering from erectile disfunction since his stroke in 2004. My mother in-law is concerned about his penis because it is reseeding in, to the point that when he needs to use the washroom that his wife needs to help with they both have a difficult time trying to get it out in time since he has little controll over is bladder. I was wondering what causes this and if there is anything that can help him.
Avatar n tn may low blood pressure could be reason for you to sweats, drinks lots of water and eat healthy food , and consult the doctor for safe side.
Avatar n tn I am more concerned by the constellation of symptoms you are having that by a single episode of fainting. I am concerned you had a possible stroke Unlikely, but possible. Two things to do. (1) You need to get a medical work-up, pronto. (2) Re-read (1) above.
Avatar n tn s brain scan showed white matter disease, but no stroke after a period of unconsciousness (later found to be due to arrythmia) What is white matter disease?
Avatar f tn Please tell me you found out what causes this? If not, have you gotten well? I am going through a terrible time with this with no help from the doctor, but mine has advanced from what you have posted.
1651434 tn?1301657278 Hi, Sorry to hear you had a stroke! I would think the only person that could answer that question for you would be your doctor or cardiologist. Do you suffer any permanent damage anywhere from the stroke, was it a mild stroke? You may also want to peruse the Maternity Forums here, I am most positive there is one for 35+.
Avatar f tn I had what they call a stroke - it was caused by burst aneurisms in my brain. It took 9 surgeries and finally a shunt in my head. That was September. What I want to know is, is it 'normal' to feel pressure and sometimes a 'giddy' feeling? Apparently my brain will take at least a year to 'heal'. I am doing really well, but my head feels this way, and my neck where the shunt tube goes swells..
Avatar f tn This one is the most common one for people ages 30-60 which is also considered young for a stroke. And what generally causes it is trauma from a car accident, chiropractic treatment, sneezing, coughing, or just spontaneously for no reason. That's the kind of stroke that I had, totally out of the blue with no risk factors. But given the many young people who answered that posting, strokes do just happen to very young people with no reason. So sorry that it happened to you.
Avatar f tn However, patients of this age can still and do have TIAs and strokes. In this age group, causes of stroke can include vascular malformations (such as AVMs or cavernous angiomas), emboli from the heart, a hypercoagulable state (a tendency to form clots), oral contraceptives, vasculitis (inflammation of the blood vessels in the brain), certain metabolic disorders etc.
Avatar f tn htm Any oyher cause will have one of these as the mechanism which causes TIA/Stroke.
Avatar n tn Hi, Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel bursts inside the brain, bleeds and causes swelling. Most often, hemorrhagic stroke is associated with high blood pressure, which stresses the artery walls until they break. Other causes include aneurysm and malformation. This is less common but more frequently fatal than ischemic stroke. Long term hypertension, even if controlled may have contributed as in the case of your husband. It would really help if you discuss this with your doctor.
Avatar m tn My dad in Indonesia, 63 years old, is currently in hospital due to stroke (brainsteam?) since a month ago. Based on what I heard, I am in usa, he is currently physically getting better. He can write and move his hand/foot. However, he still can not breath by himself and rely on the ventilator although the doctor did tracheotomy. Everytime, the ventilator is taken out and replace with the oxygen, he start having difficulty to breath.