Care: Strokes in the neck can cause a stroke – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

Josh Hader had a sore neck, so He tried to stretch it and accidentally dislocated it. The next thing he knew, the left side of his body began to get numb.

He went to the kitchen to get a bag of ice cream but could not walk straight. "I kept walking almost at a 45-degree angle to the left," he said.

Hader, 28, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, had a serious blow when he broke his neck.

Dr. Vance McCollom, who treated her at Mercy Hospital, said that Stroke changed his life but it could have been worse.

"When the neck was made to crack, the arteries that go to the neck, where the neck joins the skull at the base of the brain, were torn apart," he said. "The way he twisted his neck caused a bisection."

Hader's father-in-law took him to the emergency room, where health workers administered TPA, which breaks blood clots, Hader said. After that, he was transferred to the largest Mercy Hospital and spent four days in the intensive care unit before being sent to hospital.

"When he arrived, Hader had numbness, weakness, double vision, and his left side was numb," McCollom said.

An arteriogram showed that the artery was compromised by tearing and had caused a stroke. "He could not walk in a straight line, he continued to fall," said McCollom.

The episode was produced on March 14th. Now, after rehabilitation, Hader can live independently.

"I can currently walk without a walker or cane, but I get tired much faster than before.My balance is not quite right yet, but it's not great," he said.

"My left side is shivering a bit and is heavier than I felt before, I do not have as much control over that side as before." My right side feels no sharp pain or sensation. cold or heat. "

"I'm feeling good emotionally, as I said before, it's always difficult to travel long distances, but it's improving a lot," he said.

Hader had to wear a blindfold for several weeks because the nerve had been injured, causing weakness in the muscles that ran through his eyes.

One of the worst side effects of stroke was: as strange as it sounds, hiccups, said Hader.

"They were terrible, literally, two weeks of direct hiccups since the stroke occurred, it was almost impossible for me to breathe for a few seconds, and it was scary," he said. declared.

McCollom said that he thought the failures had occurred because of the place where the stroke had occurred at the base of the brain.

He said it was not the first time he saw anyone with this kind of attack.

"We have patients who come to the hospital with more serious problems, due to chiropractic manipulation, which make the neck run by a professional," he said, before suggesting: "If you do you want to cut your neck, do it aside, do not twist it. "