My husband has vertebral artery dissection. What are aftermaths of this condition? Please, tell me I am very concerned. Thank you.
Dissection of the vertebral artery, leads to the formation of an aneurysm that may occlude the vessel. Cervical fractures, neck injures and craniocerebral trauma is associated condition, thrombus formation may occur too. This process may occur spontaneously, although ischemia, infarction, and hemorrhage in the vascular distribution of the affected vertebral artery may complicate this condition.
I had a vertebral artery dissection (and stroke) in 2005. I was 27. I spent 3 days in ICU and 3 months in rehab but am back to near normal. No one can tell any difference in me and I don't feel any different aside from numbness and tingling on the right side of my body.
I had the full deal - vertigo, dizziness, lost voice, numbness, pain, headaches, "clumsiness" on left side of my body, constant nausea.
It was very scary and there is very little information so I created vertebralarterydissection.com to supply general information and help for people who have to deal with it.
If you have a vertebral artery dissection you might find, like I did, that even your doctors and therapists do not know much about it.
Good luck. It is a tough road.
I had the full deal - vertigo, dizziness, lost voice, numbness, pain, headaches, "clumsiness" on left side of my body, constant nausea.
It was very scary and there is very little information so I created vertebralarterydissection.com to supply general information and help for people who have to deal with it.
If you have a vertebral artery dissection you might find, like I did, that even your doctors and therapists do not know much about it.
Good luck. It is a tough road.
I've had VAD for over 3 months.
It came on suddenly...felt like a migrane headache...then dizzy vertigo.
3 weeks after comudian therapy I regain my balance to walk...however over 3 months later I still have head and neck pain.
A recent CT angeogram shows artery is still abnormal.
I feel the same as I did after the first 3 weeks of starting comudian therapy. Is this normal? My doctor monitoring the blood claims my blood remains thick even with comudian...could this be the problem?
It came on suddenly...felt like a migrane headache...then dizzy vertigo.
3 weeks after comudian therapy I regain my balance to walk...however over 3 months later I still have head and neck pain.
A recent CT angeogram shows artery is still abnormal.
I feel the same as I did after the first 3 weeks of starting comudian therapy. Is this normal? My doctor monitoring the blood claims my blood remains thick even with comudian...could this be the problem?
Hello. I was 29 when I had VAD 6 years ago. Luckily I did not have a stroke. I was intensely athletic before this stopped me in my tracks. What you described as your symptoms happened to me over a 5 day period until it was unbearable and a childhood friend strongly encouraged me to go to the doctor. I did also feel that I was off and there was something seriously wrong but thinking I was still young it couldn't be that bad until it got worse as the days and hours went on. It took a year for me to fully recover. I desperately was looking for information and it was few and far between. I did try to start a chat room and nothing happened. My case went to the world health organisation which acted as a 2nd opinion to my neurologist.
Unfortunately, I had an unassociated diagnoses of Multiple Sclerosis at the same time. Which set me back even more. I am in a good situation where I've fully recovered and back to "normal" for what I've been through. I would like to email with you. I am now pregnant and considered a High Risk. I'm trying to find information on other women going through this. The little information is discouraging where women had strokes or fatalities. I will not except this information and will not give up the search for quality information.
On a side note, a good friend of mine had VAD and a stroke a year later. It's taken him a good year but he has fully recovered with the exception of his partial periferal vision.
I couldn't find a contact link on your website but it may be advantageous to discuss this as a subtopic on your website.
I'm so sorry it happened to you but glad you pulled it together to make it your mission to raise awareness.
Unfortunately, I had an unassociated diagnoses of Multiple Sclerosis at the same time. Which set me back even more. I am in a good situation where I've fully recovered and back to "normal" for what I've been through. I would like to email with you. I am now pregnant and considered a High Risk. I'm trying to find information on other women going through this. The little information is discouraging where women had strokes or fatalities. I will not except this information and will not give up the search for quality information.
On a side note, a good friend of mine had VAD and a stroke a year later. It's taken him a good year but he has fully recovered with the exception of his partial periferal vision.
I couldn't find a contact link on your website but it may be advantageous to discuss this as a subtopic on your website.
I'm so sorry it happened to you but glad you pulled it together to make it your mission to raise awareness.