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The 28-year-old man felt a severe headache, lay down and then lost his reflexes, and his family took him to the emergency hospital.
Dr. Nguyen Van Tuyen, Director of the 108th Military Central Hospital Stroke Center, said that a 28-year-old patient in Quang Ninh who was transferred to the hospital on December 11 was diagnosed with a stroke caused by a malformative rupture. brain blood.
Immediately, the patient received the intervention of the blockade of malformations. In this case, if left for a long time, the patient is at risk of brain edema, coma and death.
Before that, the patient had a severe headache after coming home from work and went to bed to rest. 2 hours later, the mother woke up her son but he had no reflexes, so she rushed to the provincial hospital for emergency care and was later transferred to Hospital 108.
Patient treated at the Stroke Center, Hospital 108
Fortunately, the patient has been in emergency in time, now the patient has passed the critical crisis, after a few days he can be discharged from the hospital and then transferred to the lower level to continue with the rehabilitation practice. Dr. Tuyen evaluated that in this case, if you practice persistently, you can recover at least 80-90%.
Dr. Tuyen said that each year, the center treats more than 3,000 strokes, of which 17% are under the age of 40. The youngest stroke patient being treated at the center is only 13 years old.
In young people, the most common cause of stroke is cerebral vascular malformation. Stroke due to cerebral infarction in young people is rare, with only a few cases per year.
According to Dr. Tuyen, cerebral vascular malformation is often congenital or forms after many years. However, most cerebral vascular malformations have no symptoms, many cases are discovered during regular medical examinations or other medical examinations and treatments. Some develop recurring headaches before the break.
Today, the detection rate for cerebral vascular malformations in the community is increasing because more and more medical facilities are able to take MRI and CT scans to examine brain vessels, and people are more aware of screening. Health.
When a cerebral vascular malformation ruptures, the symptoms are quite massive with severe headache, nausea and vomiting, possible disorders of consciousness, hemiplegia … Some cases can die suddenly before going to the hospital.
Cerebral vascular malformation includes many types with many positions and sizes, depending on the specific case, doctors will have different indications for intervention.
In order to detect brain abnormalities early, Dr. Tuyen advises young people to have at least one cerebral vascular screening at a cost of only 1.9 to 2.5 million Dong. In the case of an enlarged malformation, the doctor will intervene on the aortic node to prevent its rupture.
If the blood vessel breaks in the areas of language, movement, etc., the patient may have difficulty communicating or paralysis.
Thuy Hanh
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