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D17C16J14 Asked October 2015

Stroke affecting both sides. How is this possible?

My uncle just suffered a stroke. He has use of right arm and left leg. How is this possible? I thought the stroke affected one side.

Llamalover47 Oct 2015
Talk to his cardiologist. Possibly both carotids are blocked.

askcherylc Oct 2015
I read that if a stroke occurs in the brain stem then both sides of the body can be effected. Talk to his doctor.

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ferris1 Oct 2015
Strokes can affect either or both sides of the body depending on where the damage is and how fast he sought medical treatment. If one gets to an ER within about 3 hrs. (I think I remember that exact time frame) a drug can be given Streptokinase that will reverse a lot of the damage.

OldBob1936 Oct 2015
Yes, please report on what doc says, mri or ultrasound type things might well show that both sides of brain are damaged....I am wondering if he can speak at all? If he cannot speak volitionally, can he say things from memory, such as counting to ten, reciting the ABCs, etc? Volitional speech is controlled by the left side of the brain, and speech from memory is from the right side.

Grace + Peace,
Bob

Globetrotter50 Oct 2015
That's a very good question. Is it possible that he had two strokes at the same time in both hemispheres of the brain?

sondraO Oct 2015
You are right, it does usually affect one side of his body. When you find out please tel the rest of us. My husband was having what the dr was calling little strokes but it was only affecting his lower extremities and causing him to fall. I had never heard of a stroke affecting both legs but not arms. He did have slurred speech but no drooping eyelid. I took him to a different dr who took him off his blood pressure meds and said his pressure was dropping too much when he stood causing him to black outl. No more falls or black outs. So a second opinion is always worth a shot.

BarbBrooklyn Oct 2015
Talk to his doctor.

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