
Nearly 15 per cent of strokes happen while people are sleeping, a new study finds, which means most can’t benefit from a potentially brain-saving clot busting treatment.
The key treatment for stroke is a blood clot-busting drug called tPA, but it must be offered within three hours of the onset of stroke symptoms for it to be effective. That’s why doctors always urge people who think they might be having a stroke to get to a hospital quickly.
But when patients wake up with symptoms of a stroke, it’s impossible to tell how long ago the stroke began.
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20110510/wake-up-strokes-sleeping-110510/
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