Stroke Patients With Dementia Suffer More
Stroke Patients With Dementia Suffer More
Stroke patients have an especially difficult time recovering if they also suffer from dementia.
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" Stroke patients have an especially difficult time recovering if they also suffer from dementia a study of nearly 101000 stroke patients finds people with dementia. Three times more likely to upgrade your disabilities when they were discharged from the hospital just a quarter of those -- dementia group were able to return to their home after their stroke they were also likely to suffer a severe stroke and less likely to get TPA a clot busting medication."
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