Original title: many people have been hit! 28 year old man stretches to death due to stroke
Russian man Josh hader has been suffering from neck discomfort for several weeks, so he thinks a good stretch can relieve it. 'I just stretched my neck,' the 28-year-old told the Washington Post. 'my hand was stronger than usual, and then I heard a bone crack. 'it almost killed him.
Less than an hour later, hader was unable to walk when he was sent to the hospital's emergency room. Vance McCollom, a doctor at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, said he had a 'massive stroke' caused by a torn carotid artery and that 'he almost died.
Mcdolom said hader had torn the vertebral artery, which is one of the main arteries into the brain. Kazuma Nakagawa, a stroke neurologist, said that many young people in their 20s and 30s have suffered strokes due to vertebral artery tears, which have nothing to do with the patient's health. Although cervical artery tears are rare, they're not unheard of, 'Nakagawa said.' but it's important to note that sudden neck pain can be a sign of a stroke. '
Hader said he was working at his home in Guthrie, Oklahoma, on March 14 when he felt neck pain and wanted to try to stretch his neck to relieve it. 'I didn't really use a lot of force,' he said. 'all of a sudden it gave a click. 'at the same time as he heard the noise, hader felt numb on the left side of his body.
Hader said that based on his working knowledge as a former policeman, he quickly checked his face for sagging because it was one of the signs of a stroke. The muscles on his face all looked good, so he came to the conclusion that he had just pressed a nerve or something, so he went to get an ice bag and apply it. Then hader realized that something was very wrong.
'when I got to the kitchen, I could only walk at a 45 degree angle,' he said. 'I can't walk in a straight line at all. I walk almost directly to the left. 'within minutes, his father-in-law immediately took him to the hospital, where his condition deteriorated dramatically. When they arrived in the emergency room half an hour later, hader couldn't walk at all and needed a wheelchair. After the CT scan confirmed that there was no bleeding in his brain, the doctor confirmed that he had a stroke and immediately needed to use a drug called tissue plasminogen activator, also known as TPA, which can dissolve blood clots.
'I remember sitting there and hearing the doctors yell that they only had 12 minutes to get TPA,' hader said. 'that's when I realized I might be dying. 'he continued:' I still can't believe it. But everything collapsed, and I was thinking, 'Oh, my God, this is coming. '