Are Birth Control And Migraines A Risk For Stroke? Doctor Weighs In
Are Birth Control And Migraines A Risk For Stroke? Doctor Weighs In
Neurologist Dr. Gayatri Devi joins TODAY to talk about what contributed to Hailey Bieber’s mini-stroke health scare, including factors like birth control, migraines, COVID-19 and long distance flights.
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0.08 -> dr gayatri debbie she's a professor of
1.839 -> neurology at the zucker school of
3.04 -> medicine at hofstra northwell hi dr
4.72 -> debbie good to see you we're all so
6.48 -> surprised to be here we have a healthy
8 -> young woman she's just 25 years old
10.639 -> she talked about what her doctor said
12.16 -> were some of the factors that might have
13.84 -> led to this mini stroke they call it a
15.36 -> tia
16.64 -> let's start with birth control that's a
18.4 -> common risk factor yes especially in
20.4 -> women in women it's birth control
23.119 -> migraines that have auras in other words
25.68 -> flashing lights or neurologic symptoms
29.84 -> that can that can increase the risk she
32 -> also mentioned she had pregnancy also
33.84 -> yeah she also mentioned she had covered
35.36 -> 19 how does that play into this so
37.2 -> colbin 19 does increase risk for stroke
39.6 -> particularly in the first month after
41.44 -> you've had it but after that um it goes
44 -> back to normal and then the long
45.92 -> distance fights how does that factor
47.84 -> into well just because you're in a
49.28 -> stationary position and then that's more
51.52 -> likely to cause blood clots in your legs
53.44 -> which can then travel up to your brain
55.039 -> once you've had one of these mini
56.559 -> strokes are you more likely to have
58 -> another it's very very important to
60.96 -> think of a stroke as a brain attack just
63.44 -> like we think of heart attacks and so
65.6 -> you've got to take care of it right away
67.439 -> and yes once you have one it's likely
69.6 -> that you could have another one unless
70.96 -> you can prevent and stop it you said
72.799 -> taking care of it right away you
74.08 -> wondered what she was going to do and
75.36 -> she mentioned a hole in her heart which
77.36 -> sounded very strange to have that yeah i
80.159 -> mean a lot of us actually a quarter of
82.32 -> the adult population has holes in their
84.479 -> heart we're all born with a hole in our
86.799 -> heart and then it closes up as we get
89.04 -> older
90.32 -> but in a younger person a hole in the
92.799 -> heart which is called a patent foramen
94.96 -> ovale can be a risk factor for stroke so
97.84 -> in her case she went she was treated she
99.759 -> was fine but then they examined her
101.36 -> heart they found this hole and repaired
103.84 -> it would that have been a risk factor
105.92 -> that might have caused a stroke yeah
107.52 -> that's definitely a contributing factor
109.52 -> so if someone is having a stroke just
112.079 -> like we saw in her case you want to be
114.079 -> able to act fast people don't know what
115.6 -> to do what should you do absolutely if
117.92 -> you're having a stroke think of it as i
120.079 -> say as a brain attack and call 9-1-1
123.28 -> treat it like you would a heart attack
125.04 -> because you only have a few minutes to
127.119 -> make a difference
128.399 -> um and you know within the first few
130.399 -> hours doctors now can
132.319 -> basically dissolve the stroke and
134.4 -> recover function so let's say you have
136.319 -> some of those things and then it goes
137.52 -> away and you're like well i don't know
138.4 -> what that was funky i don't need to
139.92 -> should you still go you should still go
141.68 -> because that could be a warning symptom
143.92 -> you know a clot that's there that got
145.599 -> dissolved but another another clot could
147.76 -> happen if you don't call right away
149.36 -> let's say you do hesitate what's what's
151.599 -> what happens uh you know you could have
154.4 -> damage to the brain cells and once brain
157.04 -> cells die you can't really recover them
159.2 -> so it's really really important and you
161.36 -> know within the first even six hours
163.68 -> doctors can lyse the clot so it's
166.8 -> important to go to the er right away and
169.04 -> then just real quickly i mean what are
170.319 -> the telltale stroke symptoms yeah so you
173.28 -> know um basically any kind of drooping
175.92 -> of your face or weakness of your arm and
178.08 -> leg trouble with speaking
180.239 -> confusion
181.599 -> balance difficulties that happen
183.36 -> suddenly a sudden really really severe
185.76 -> headache could be a burst blood vessel
187.599 -> in your brain which could cause which
189.28 -> could be a cause of stroke
191.04 -> thanks to a good education that haley's
193.2 -> helped us all get today dr debbie thank
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