Stroke Survivor, 28, Shares Symptoms And Warning Signs
Stroke Survivor, 28, Shares Symptoms And Warning Signs
At 28 years old, Areti Boukas didn’t think she was at risk of a stroke. After a scary ordeal while teaching her class, the special education teacher wants to share the warning signs to people of all ages. Boukas and Dr. Shahram Majidi join the 3rd Hour of TODAY to spread awareness of the causes and risks of experiencing a stroke.
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0.88 -> for six years i've been an elementary
2.8 -> special education teacher in new york i
5.44 -> love what i do and truly enjoy being a
7.52 -> part of my students lives every day
10.719 -> january 19 started out like any other
12.96 -> morning at school i was giving a math
15.36 -> lesson when i noticed something strange
17.76 -> i was trying to say the word numerator
20.24 -> and i started slurring my words
22.8 -> i felt dizzy and i quickly lost all
25.439 -> feeling in the left side of my body
28.48 -> thankfully my colleagues jumped into
30.24 -> action and called 9-1-1
32.96 -> before i knew it i was taken to mount
34.96 -> sinai stroke center
37.04 -> the doctors confirmed i suffered a
38.8 -> stroke and treated me right away
41.76 -> as a young and healthy person i never
44 -> thought in a million years that could
45.68 -> happen to me
47.2 -> after a scary ordeal i'm now recovering
49.84 -> and doing well
51.199 -> and i can't wait to go back to teaching
53.199 -> again very soon
54.75 -> [Music]
56.64 -> wow and erity joins us now along with dr
59.039 -> sharon majidi good morning to both of
60.96 -> you
63.039 -> hi good morning and erity we're so glad
65.119 -> you're doing well now we know you're
66.479 -> recovering successfully but can you take
68.72 -> us back to that day when you were in the
71.04 -> classroom
72.479 -> were you conscious were you aware of
74.24 -> what was happening in that moment
76.56 -> oh yeah i i knew everything that was
78.56 -> going on um
80.4 -> there was no no loss of consciousness it
83.2 -> was it was just really scary
85.28 -> but when you so when you were
86.64 -> experiencing those those uh symptoms
88.96 -> already uh did you did you have a
91.2 -> feeling that something was wrong that
93.04 -> you maybe suspected a stroke or it was
95.68 -> just you were wondering what was
97.04 -> happening
98.72 -> yeah i
99.68 -> you know in the moment i
102 -> could not have told you what was
103.52 -> happening i i you know i knew the
105.92 -> symptoms of the stroke i just
107.92 -> didn't think it applied to me as a young
110.079 -> healthy person it didn't um
112.96 -> you know it didn't cross my mind at all
114.799 -> until
115.759 -> i was in the emergency room and someone
117.439 -> from the team um came up to me and said
119.6 -> you know that you're having a stroke
120.88 -> right now
122.479 -> geez what a scary way to learn about
124.24 -> that doctor you actually perform the
126 -> procedure
127.2 -> that removed the blood clot that caused
130.399 -> this stroke can you tell us a little bit
132.4 -> about that and also what are some of the
133.92 -> warning signs that people should know if
135.28 -> they find themselves in similar
136.56 -> situations
138.48 -> yeah the
139.44 -> procedure that we did is called
141.12 -> endovascular thrombectomy it's a
142.72 -> minimally invasive brain surgery then we
145.36 -> navigate the catheter
147.36 -> through the vessel up to the brain to
149.44 -> the clot and use certain technologies to
153.2 -> capture the clot and restore the blood
155.12 -> flow to the brain
157.12 -> and doctor i'd imagine time was very
159.76 -> important in the success of of this case
162.56 -> but at 28 years old i feel like at the
164.8 -> same time this this kind of happens and
166.879 -> you don't think to go to the emergency
168.8 -> room right away so but i mean that's
171.28 -> really what you need to do time is of
172.8 -> the essence
175.2 -> when it comes to stroke time is up in
177.12 -> essence the time is brain time loss is
179.92 -> brain loss
181.76 -> every 40 seconds someone in the united
184.4 -> states has a stroke stroke is the
187.36 -> major cause of disability in the nation
189.92 -> however there is a treatment for a
191.84 -> stroke if the patient arrives to the
193.519 -> hospital
194.959 -> in a timely manner
196.56 -> doctor you know when we hear about you
198.64 -> usually you hear about stroke we think
200.08 -> it's usually older people arity is of
202.319 -> course young she's healthy uh
204.959 -> what are the symptoms and is it unusual
208.4 -> for somebody her age having a stroke
213.36 -> so uh
214.799 -> in regards to stroke symptoms uh fast
217.68 -> acronym is the easy way of remembering
220.56 -> stroke symptoms f stands for facial
223.92 -> drooping observe the patient's face and
226.799 -> ask the patient to smile is there any
229.599 -> droopy smile
231.04 -> a stands for
232.48 -> arm weakness ask the patient to raise
234.879 -> the arms up is there any drifting in the
237.68 -> arm
239.04 -> s stands for speech
241.36 -> observe the patient of speech is there a
244 -> cleary speech or is there any word
246.319 -> finding difficulty ask the patient to
248.64 -> repeat a sing a simple sentence like uh
251.599 -> today is a sunny and bright day is there
253.76 -> any difficulty in that those are signs
256.079 -> of a stroke and t stands for time call
258.799 -> 9-1-1 right away never
261.28 -> never wait never go to bed take a nap
264.479 -> that the symptoms will go away because
267.04 -> time loss is brilliant
268.96 -> okay
269.919 -> well we are so uh happy auritie that you
273.199 -> are doing just fine and we're so happy
275.52 -> you're here to tell us your story thank
277.28 -> you so much
279.12 -> thank you thank you so much and for more
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