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What Causes Severe Choking With A History Of A Stroke?
Question: my son is 51 years old Last April he had a stroke .It was on the right side of his head .He had two veins closed .also one other one in the middle The doctor. Told me that that one was. In a bad spot XXXXXXX had therapy and his walking is pretty good but his left arm is still only 50 percent back.. I am every worried He chokes a lot. ?pppercentor and noHe meds for his disposition. now my son tells me he. Is not on anything and it shows. He can be very not nice. that third vessel I don't know what else can happen? he comes for supper .He seems to have no love in him.
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Detailed Answer:
I read your question carefully and I understand your concern about your son.
I am afraid though that some more information is necessary. Stroke can be of different types, according to the blood vessels involved and the damaged territory it may be severe enough to lead to severe disability or a minor one where the patient may recover completely.
Also it is very important for the future to identify the cause, because depending on the cause we can discuss the risk of it happening again and the medication needed to prevent it. Causes can be many like heart related, atherosclerosis, infections etc. Medication with blood thinners is almost always necessary to prevent further strokes, but the choice of the blood thinner depends on the cause. I am not aware of any blood thinner called "Clonapin” either you must be misspelling it or he must be taking other drugs as well.
For that reason it might be useful if you can provide some report that you might have from the hospital, so that we can judge the site and extent of damage, the vessels involved and the condition of the other vessels, the other risk factors he has (high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking etc), the tests he's had. You can make a photo of the report and upload it in the report section.
For the moment with the current information I can only say that he should be on a blood thinner (but not which type), continue physical therapy, for his choking issues attention should be paid to the food, if the difficulty is with water as often is the case with stroke then thicker liquids should be used, the more liquid the harder it is.
I remain at your disposal for further questions, possibly providing the information or reports I mentioned.
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Detailed Answer:
I read your question carefully and I understand your concern about your son.
I am afraid though that some more information is necessary. Stroke can be of different types, according to the blood vessels involved and the damaged territory it may be severe enough to lead to severe disability or a minor one where the patient may recover completely.
Also it is very important for the future to identify the cause, because depending on the cause we can discuss the risk of it happening again and the medication needed to prevent it. Causes can be many like heart related, atherosclerosis, infections etc. Medication with blood thinners is almost always necessary to prevent further strokes, but the choice of the blood thinner depends on the cause. I am not aware of any blood thinner called "Clonapin” either you must be misspelling it or he must be taking other drugs as well.
For that reason it might be useful if you can provide some report that you might have from the hospital, so that we can judge the site and extent of damage, the vessels involved and the condition of the other vessels, the other risk factors he has (high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking etc), the tests he's had. You can make a photo of the report and upload it in the report section.
For the moment with the current information I can only say that he should be on a blood thinner (but not which type), continue physical therapy, for his choking issues attention should be paid to the food, if the difficulty is with water as often is the case with stroke then thicker liquids should be used, the more liquid the harder it is.
I remain at your disposal for further questions, possibly providing the information or reports I mentioned.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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