hamburger87I am 25 years old this year. Had a thalamic haemorrhage in January. I have all along been really healthy, no high blood pressure, no high cholestrol or any other medical condition. I don't smoke nor drink. I went for CT scan, MRI, angiogram and also catheter angiogram. The doctors could not find anything. No AVM and also aneurysm. Basically, no one knows why it happens. I am just curious what exactly happened to me and if it would recur ever again. My symptom was numbness on right half of my body but no weakness at all. I could still run and jump and take the plane back home from Bali when it happened to me.
Possible cause of stroke for young healthy patient?
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- 3 Aug 2012 by hamburger87
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- ischemic stroke, aneurysm, brain
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kaismama3 Aug 2012
If you're being told, "... this is just a wake up call for you. You have to listen to your body" and are not being told what to do, then you need to find another neurologist who can advise you. As you're indicating, that is important to find out to avoid another one if that is possible.
With what you've been told, your instincts are right to find out. Good luck.
Sara
hamburger87
6 Aug 2012
Thanks Sara, it's rather expensive in Singapore to see doctors. And because the issue is just too complicated, they might just want to brush you off when they can't answer. I have decided not to waste any more money on them. Will live my life as it is and hope that I wont get a 2nd stroke anymore!
sara12345
7 Aug 2012
I didn't realize your circumstances. Just read on-line about stroke prevention. You may want to take an aspirin a day for example.
It certainly was a shock I'm sure.
Thinking about it some more, the doctor who told you that must have been out to lunch. Listen to your body. Yeah right. But I still think it would wise of you to check on line for anything that you might do to prevent another one. If it was an eschemic stroke, then the chances of having another one in the next 5 years is 25%. That DOESN'T mean that you are going to definately have another stroke. Get that out of your mind. But with the brain already compensating from the first stroke, it is worse having the second one. But then I had an eschemic stroke that was a carotid artery dissection, the leading cause of stroke in those 30 to 60 years old, and only have a 10% chance of having another stroke in the next 10 years. So maybe your risk isn't so high either.
ElizaJane234 Aug 2012
I had a stroke at 47 - no one knows why. There's very little damage from it. I also had an encephalopathy - my brain just up and decided not to breath for me. I was on a respirator for 7 days, then it passed and I was back to breathing on my own again. They don't know why. I think sometimes with all our technological advances we see "proof" of a lot of things that used to occur spontaneusly and then pass. There are lots of people who go around with herniated discs, for example, and never had any problems with them. But now we do a MRI and have to fix those areas. If you're doing well, get back to life and enjoy it! You have been given a gift. Regards - ElizaJane
hamburger87
6 Aug 2012
You are right. I am just so lucky to be able to continue to walk and talk as per normal as I have gotten used to some of the residual numbness by the stroke. Just to check, did you also went through catheter angiogram? A procedure whereby they inserted a catheter through the groin area up to the brain. I have been having side effects from the scan thereafter. My brain feels different after I did the procedure even though it's already a month after the procedure. I kinda regretted going through the process. I got like panic attack randomly and also feel claustrophobic at times ever since the scan. Under sun, I just feel heaviness in my brain as well. My doctor insisted that it's not due to the scan, but i am pretty sure it is because I never had all these conditions before the scan. I guess sometimes there are really a lot of things that can never be explained. And sometimes we also have to think carefully and ask before going through any procedures.
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true... it's just that the doctors keep giving me general reply like life is stressful and this is just a wake up call for you. "You have to listen to your body". However, I was not even stressed up over these 2 years. And I also just wanted some advice on what i should or should not do.
Its hard to say specifically, since we don't know what caused it, what you should do. Have a yearly physical is the only thing I can offer.
Call up the doctor's office that gave you that advice about being careful. Or see another neurologist. There are ways to avoid strokes. Find out which ones apply to you. A short list which may not apply to you are exercise, eating fruits and vegetables, controlling high blood pressure, no smoking, etc.
If the doctors can't tell you, I surely can't. How can someone tell you what to do or not do if they don't know what caused it?