Doctors urge people to know the warning signs of a stroke
Doctors urge people to know the warning signs of a stroke
May is National Stroke Awareness Month. Doctors want people to know the signs of a stroke and get immediate help if you experience them.
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0.08 -> doctors are urging people to know the
1.68 -> warning signs of a stroke abc action
4 -> news reporter mary o'connell shares one
6 -> man's experience and what you should
7.839 -> watch out for
10.16 -> it was a typical day for alfred nicolosi
13.12 -> until i started to see multiple colors
16 -> going across my eyes nicolosi knew
18.56 -> something wasn't right everything went
20.88 -> blank on that eye on the way to the
22.8 -> hospital doctors at advent health tampa
24.96 -> were able to use retinal ultrasound to
27.199 -> make sure there wasn't a brain
28.48 -> hemorrhage but instead found he was
30.8 -> having a stroke of the eye we applied
33.2 -> tpa which is a clot buster that we can
35.92 -> give in the first four and a half hour
37.6 -> of an acute stroke
39.2 -> to dissolve the clot i started seeing
41.52 -> shadows i could start seeing outlines of
44.079 -> people and it continued to get better
46.96 -> they found that my carotid artery was 70
50.399 -> percent blocked
52.64 -> so they believed that it came from this
55.84 -> point and it lodged itself in the back
58.8 -> of my eye doctors want you to get help
61.039 -> if you see signs of a stroke a stroke to
63.52 -> the eye is very simple the patient
65.92 -> typically sits there and suddenly either
68.72 -> loses his vision or perceives very
71.84 -> bizarre color changes
74 -> like a kaleidoscope and in general
75.92 -> stroke symptoms may include trouble
77.759 -> speaking and paralysis or numbness of
80.64 -> the face arm or leg today nicolosi says
83.68 -> his eye is around 75 to 80 percent
87.119 -> and he's thankful beyond words i am so
90.32 -> grateful i don't think i could
92.479 -> i could say it in in a short sentence
95.84 -> in tampa mary o'connell abc action news
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPLFnZ1QEiM