Cerebral strokes on the rise in the Dominican Republic; push for more and better care centers

[Dolores]

Dr. Ryna Then, director of the Stroke and Cerebral Hemorrhage Service at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, visited to create awareness that cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) have taken root in recent years as the second leading cause of death in the Dominican Republic and the first responsible for disability in adults. Dr. Then spoke during the presentation of the “National Symposium on Ischemic Stroke: Pre-Hospital and Intrahospital Management.”

Dr. Then said that ignorance and lack of immediate attention to the signs on the part of the patient are one of the main reasons of the deaths caused by this disease.

She highlighted that the Dominican Republic is third in the entire Caribbean region with the highest number of deaths with ischemic stroke. She says the data from the Dominican Society of Neurology and Neurosurgery reveals that 59 strokes...

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[chico bill]

But no worry - it's not related to the Covid vaccines................

Who had that bridge for sale in Uganda ?

 

[JD Jones]

But no worry - it's not related to the Covid vaccines................

Who had that bridge for sale in Uganda ?

What an incredible coincidence, right?

 

[william webster]

Is the study that recent..... only encompassing the past few yrs ??

 

[Big]

eating rice and fried food for breakfast, lunch and dinner and drinking a pint of rum a day. Do we really need a study to report this is a recipe for blowing a gasket or a fuse.

 

[nanita]

According to the original post, this increase has happened 'in recent years' and 'increasingly in young people'. Now, we may not know why it's happening but we sure know WHAT IT ISN'T. I am wracking my brain trying to think of something that has CHANGED in recent years... it's as if vast quantities of people have DONE SOMETHING to themselves that causes blood clotting, leading to disastrous outcomes. Hm. I got nothing.

 

[Kipling333]

I have had two cerebro vascular attacks , my last one was about 5 years ago. Like nanita, I have my doubts if these are more prevalent these days but the two main reasons why they may be more common in younger people is having continual tension and being overweight . the best ways to avoid mini strokes or strokes is to lose weight, eliminate tension and take a baby aspirin every night.Small dose aspirin that are sold in most supermarkets. Churchill had 5 mini strokes during the period of WW11 and after the war none. I think older people should read up what to do if they have even a small stroke..quick action can stop the nasty affects of a stroke.

 

[Big]

Being fat and having a sedentary lifestyle is a quick route to diabetes and heart disease. This is not a new formula. Eating a fatty diet and playing video games all day does not need a medical specialist to report the pitfalls.

 

[reilleyp]

eating rice and fried food for breakfast, lunch and dinner and drinking a pint of rum a day. Do we really need a study to report this is a recipe for blowing a gasket or a fuse.

I am quitting the rice tomorrow.

 

[Big]

I am quitting the rice tomorrow.

Well,.I will.say I did not cut out rice, I just eat a fraction of what I used to. Same with bread, pasta and potatoes. Or as my physician says, you can still consume poison, just eat less of it.

 

[reilleyp]

Well,.I will.say I did not cut out rice, I just eat a fraction of what I used to. Same with bread, pasta and potatoes. Or as my physician says, you can still consume poison, just eat less of it.

I always ask for just a little bit but they insist on giving me a giant overflowing styrofoam container.

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

Strokes hmmm, could it be side effects?

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

I always ask for just a little bit but they insist on giving me a giant overflowing styrofoam container.

What and why are you eating out of styrofoam?

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

When you accompany a diet of fried salami, fried plantains, fried chicken, juices with a pound of sugar per pitcher and copious amounts of white rice with rum, beer, cocaine, pot, Viagra and unprotected cabaña sex, your life expectancy will not be lofty. This evening I am preparing my signature Thai chicken curry. The star of my story is the chicken and fresh veg, not the rice, although a small side of Jasmine rice will be offered for the kids.

 

[reilleyp]

What and why are you eating out of styrofoam?

I get what you are saying but when I have a project going on, I need a quick plate of the day delivered and they are hesitant to send their fine china.

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

I get what you are saying but when I have a project going on, I need a quick plate of the day delivered and they are hesitant to send their fine china.

There are many salad/lunch preps. A lovely salad with fresh veg, grilled chicken, tuna etc, eggs, garbanzo, seeds. Buy the ziplock containers, store in fridge.a simple healthy evoo vinaigrette with nice fresh lemon and Dijon! Never eat from a Dominican food trough again!

 

[chico bill]

What an incredible coincidence, right?

But yet they are still advertising the poison on TV around the world.
Funny how even when truth is finally exposed there seems to be no consequences to the guilty.

 

[chico bill]

Well,.I will.say I did not cut out rice, I just eat a fraction of what I used to. Same with bread, pasta and potatoes. Or as my physician says, you can still consume poison, just eat less of it.

Rice - unless you grow your own you are consuming a product grown in poison.
We used to hunt pheasant in the rice fields near Colusa California. (Princeton to be more precise). The fathers of a couple of college buddies owned farms there.
Even then they warned us to wash all the muck off our boots and pants and not to eat much of the pheasants because they had recently sprayed the fields. (this was in 1970).

Both of these farm boys had kidney failure in thier late 20s. One survived with a transplant.
So if big Pharma doesn't get you then Corporate 'Farma' will.

And if you ever get a chance to go to the Butte City Bean Feed and Barn Dance (just outside of Princeton) - you will find young farmer's wives are neglected by their husbands.

 

[Drperson]

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my sister sent me this.,I thougt it was impiortant troke has a new indicator! They say if you forward this to ten people, you stand a chance of saving one life. Will you send this along? Blood Clots/Stroke - They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue:
During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) ...she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.
They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.
Jane's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 PM Jane passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Jane would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.
It only takes a minute to read this.
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE<<


Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR. Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. Chicken Soup)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue
NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

 

[aarhus]

Well,.I will.say I did not cut out rice, I just eat a fraction of what I used to. Same with bread, pasta and potatoes. Or as my physician says, you can still consume poison, just eat less of it.

I prefer to try this. Also prefer more exercise over more diet.