30-year-old Charlotte-area stroke survivor shares warning signs
30-year-old Charlotte-area stroke survivor shares warning signs
It’s a shocking statistic — strokes are on the rise for people under 40. Health officials say that age group had a 44% increase in stroke hospitalizations in the past decade.\r
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And now, a new wrinkle — strokes are killing adults in the prime of their lives who don’t realize they are actually infected with COVID-19.
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0 -> shocking new statistics strokes are on
1.92 -> the rise for people under 40 health
3.99 -> officials say that age group had a 44%
6.27 -> increase in stroke hospitalizations in
8.94 -> the past decade and now a new wrinkle
11.37 -> strokes are killing adults in the prime
13.83 -> of their lives who don't even realize
15.509 -> they're actually infected with kovat 19w
18.3 -> ciency defender so then 11 spoke with a
20.67 -> local 30 year old victim who's trying to
23.07 -> raise awareness about the symptoms that
26.09 -> day from what I can remember at work I
28.89 -> had a really nasty headache
30.72 -> that's how it started for 30 year old
32.46 -> Stephanie Smith outside of that I
34.41 -> remember taking a shower getting ready
36.39 -> for bed
37.14 -> and after that everything goes blank
39.989 -> thankfully her husband Jacob was home I
42.329 -> heard a crazy noise so I went to
45.539 -> investigate and found her hunched over
48.239 -> the sink that's when I called 911
53.539 -> at the hospital doctors determined
55.25 -> Stephanie had suffered a stroke it was
57.469 -> one of the arteries in my neck the
59.78 -> vertebral artery basically it blew we
63.17 -> found out later on at the rehab facility
64.82 -> that these sorts of strokes have been
68.54 -> occurring in people younger younger
70.369 -> these days the neurologists that we
72.2 -> spoke with informed us that she's had
74.69 -> patients that have turned this vertebral
76.789 -> artery from such things as simple as
79.43 -> golf swings simple trauma that you
83.42 -> wouldn't normally expect medical experts
86.42 -> say most strokes can be prevented with
88.159 -> healthy lifestyle choices but many can
90.229 -> in fact be caused by physical exertion
92.42 -> things like sports and heavy lifting and
95.06 -> some called cryptogenic strokes happen
97.039 -> for no known reason at all
98.72 -> that's why it was the last thing
100.1 -> Stephanie and Jacob expected when
102.24 -> [Music]
107.44 -> something wrong my wife she's
109.88 -> unresponsive thankfully medic responded
112.399 -> within 10 minutes and quickly identified
114.35 -> what was happening it's likely why she's
116.36 -> still able to tell her story I've had to
118.64 -> relearn how to walk because of my age
120.649 -> I've got the blade the brain elasticity
124.099 -> to be able to reconnect the nerves and
127.099 -> be where I am today
128.75 -> as a survivor now Stephanie's hoping to
131.69 -> raise awareness about what she had to
133.489 -> learn the hard way you don't think about
135.319 -> these kinds of things
136.25 -> I don't normally the fact that this is
138.86 -> happening younger and younger people
140.209 -> need to know about this if we don't have
142.4 -> the awareness out there
144.56 -> it's gonna keep happening know the signs
146.75 -> know the signs so knowing the signs like
150.23 -> the fast method is so important check it
153.59 -> out it's on your screen right now time
155.54 -> is so critical when someone's having a
157.73 -> stroke so know these signs to learn more
160.4 -> you can head to WCN c-calm reporting 4wc
163.16 -> and see Charlotte I'm Sylvain 11 skies
164.84 -> back to you
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sBhtll3mfk