Turmeric: A Hope for Stroke Patients
Turmeric: A Hope for Stroke Patients
The spice that flavors curries may have double benefits for stroke patients. Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN, FAAN, a professor in the UA Colleges of Nursing and Medicine, explains ischemic stroke and why turmeric may be protective.
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0.12 -> foreign
7.28 -> ischemic stroke when a blood vessel is
10.62 -> blocked the tissue Downstream of the
13.44 -> blockage actually is affected causing
15.839 -> injury and death to just a portion of
18.9 -> the brain
19.92 -> Leslie Ritter professor at the Arizona
22.14 -> Health Sciences Center and coordinator
24.48 -> for the stroke Center at University
26.46 -> Medical Center wants to find better
28.98 -> outcomes for stroke patients she may
32.279 -> have an answer in the spice we know as
34.62 -> turmeric a stroke is the result of
38.16 -> reduced or absence of blood to a portion
40.5 -> of the brain the majority of Strokes are
42.719 -> called ischemic strokes and that happens
44.7 -> when a blood vessel is blocked or
47.16 -> plugged at the treatment of choice is to
49.8 -> open to open the vessel with either a
53.1 -> drug a clot busting drug or some
57.18 -> mechanical Intervention when a vessel is
59.46 -> opened after a stroke blood sweeps back
62.16 -> into the brain bringing with it white
64.379 -> blood cells or leukocytes that adhere to
67.5 -> the vessel walls this results in acute
70.74 -> inflammation or collateral damage to the
73.5 -> vessels and brain tissue
75.6 -> so we look in our laboratory for ways to
79.32 -> reduce this inflammation so that when we
82.259 -> do give blood back to the brain it's
83.759 -> really as good as it can be this is a
86.939 -> blood vessel in the brain
89.759 -> when blood is returned to the brain
92 -> after a stroke the white dots are the
96.479 -> white blood cells or leukocytes of the
98.579 -> inflammatory cells and after a stroke
101.52 -> the inflammatory cells adhere to a
103.74 -> significant degree as opposed to
106.079 -> normally when they adhere
108.84 -> they have the potential to cause damage
111.24 -> in the brain vessels and to the
113.64 -> surrounding brain tissue there are no
115.74 -> drugs to protect the brain from this
117.659 -> increased inflammation with research
119.88 -> funding from the state of Arizona Dr
122.04 -> Ritter and UA College of Medicine
124.02 -> endocrinologist Janet Funk have teamed
127.079 -> up to see if a Botanical turmeric will
130.08 -> Target the white blood cells
132.42 -> turmeric is a spice traditionally used a
135.239 -> lot in Indian cooking but it's also used
138.239 -> traditionally in Indian Medical Systems
140.76 -> and it's used specifically for
142.2 -> inflammatory things in our arthritis
144.239 -> research we found out that turmeric
146.04 -> prevented arthritis so the question is
147.959 -> what was it doing but one very important
150.36 -> Target that it
152.4 -> uh went after was a really early part of
156.48 -> the whole Cascade that leads to
158.12 -> inflammation and turmeric attacks
161.04 -> something early on turmeric may help in
163.62 -> the treatment phase of stroke but the
165.66 -> studies that Dr Ritter and Dr Funk are
168.06 -> doing may prove that it has even more
170.76 -> positive benefits turmeric we think may
173.819 -> not only have
175.64 -> beneficial effects during the acute
178.5 -> phase of stroke
180.18 -> in this to reduce inflammation but we
182.64 -> think that turmeric may be effective in
185.819 -> preventing stroke and we would like to
188.28 -> translate our Research into that kind of
191.099 -> clinical study in the future if more
193.739 -> research and clinical trials prove that
195.959 -> turmeric is effective in treating
197.64 -> inflammation it will have added
199.98 -> implications for people with chronic
201.959 -> inflammation such as those with diabetes
204.78 -> the folks that have diabetes we think
209.04 -> tend to have worse stroke and worse
211.94 -> outcomes and Rehabilitation from stroke
215.22 -> because of this chronic inflammation and
218.459 -> then the worsening inflammation when the
220.56 -> stroke occurs
224.459 -> foreign
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reQM1epROXk