Stroke Of The Eye Symptoms Need Immediate Attention
Stroke Of The Eye Symptoms Need Immediate Attention
A Pasadena man went to bed with normal vision, then he woke up half blind in one eye. Now he’s part of an international research study to treat what doctors call “Stroke of the Eye.”
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0 -> Verta people suffering a sudden stroke
1.8 -> and that's when the blood to your brain
3.959 -> stops but what about a stroke in your
6.089 -> eye only on to our serene Branson is
8.91 -> live in Pasadena with information on the
10.83 -> condition that could really leave you
12.96 -> blind serene well Paton Rick imagined
16.89 -> this a Pasadena man goes to bed he wakes
19.439 -> up the next morning and he's lost half
21.72 -> of the vision in one of his eyes now
24.029 -> he's part of an international study to
26.13 -> treat stroke of the eye and doctors want
28.769 -> patients to know that when it comes to
30.66 -> this disorder every minute counts it
34.38 -> comes on and you don't even know it
35.91 -> that's the problems you don't feel any
37.29 -> pain
37.92 -> Peter Tammany of Pasadena woke up one
40.05 -> morning last month with trouble seen out
42.059 -> of his left eye I did what everybody
44.94 -> does I put eye drops in and I went to
47.07 -> work but things rapidly got worse I
49.59 -> couldn't read the newspaper I couldn't
51.239 -> read the computer and the day before you
54.09 -> woke up it was fine fine
56.489 -> 100% percent normal - ophthalmologist
61.199 -> couldn't figure out what was wrong they
62.94 -> sent this 73 year-old to
64.489 -> neuro-ophthalmologist dr. Peter Krause
66.54 -> of the Doheny eye Center UCLA he
69.51 -> diagnosed him with stroke of the eye
71.51 -> it's an interruption of blood flow to
74.46 -> the optic nerve it's really usually
77.31 -> sudden painless vision loss happens most
79.95 -> frequently when people notice it when
81.509 -> they first wake up in the morning you
82.95 -> can see how the edges are not
83.88 -> well-defined dr. Carew says symptoms
86.43 -> usually get worse in two to three days
88.049 -> some patients lose vision completely
90.18 -> within weeks this disease happens to be
92.759 -> the most common optic nerve disease in
94.89 -> patients over the age of 50 just look
96.869 -> straight ahead for me
97.86 -> so kuro says it's often misdiagnosed and
100.47 -> time is critical there's currently no
102.72 -> treatment so the doctor enrolled Tammy
104.549 -> in an experimental drug study with at
106.619 -> least 200 other patients around the
108.299 -> world treatment has to be given within
110.46 -> the first two weeks of onset it blocks a
114.71 -> cellular messenger that normally had
117.81 -> tell cells to die some patients are
120.21 -> receiving the placebo and it's too early
121.979 -> to tell if there's improvement if I
124.2 -> close this eye this eye doesn't see as
127.5 -> well and I can't read his shirt which I
130.59 -> can with
131.26 -> sigh Tammy is hopeful his story sheds a
133.84 -> light on what's been a dark spot for him
136.42 -> you have to see your doctor immediately
139.92 -> and the study will go on for about
143.29 -> another year if you'd like more
144.67 -> information about the condition or the
146.68 -> study just go to our web site cbsla.com
149.43 -> Patton Ric back to you
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_OKAL49ez4