Stroke How to Deal with It!
By Kenneth Kee
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Stroke:How to Deal with It!
A stroke is known also known as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA).
There is usually someone suffering from one every minute.
It happens when the blood vessel to a part of the brain is blocked (due to a blood clot) or burst.
The brain cells in that part cannot get the oxygen and nutrients so they are damaged and unable to function.
When the brain cells is damaged, there is loss of function of the part of the body controlled by the brain cells
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 1 What is Stroke?
Chapter 2 What is the cause of Stroke?
Chapter 3 What are the risk factors of Stroke?
Chapter 4 What is Temporary Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack?
Chapter 5 What are the symptoms and signs of Stroke?
Chapter 6 How is the Diagnosis of Stroke made?
Chapter 7 What is the Treatment of Stroke?
Chapter 8 What is the Rehabilitation Treatment After Stroke?
Chapter 9 How to Care for Stroke Patient?
Chapter 10 How to Prevent Stroke?
Chapter 11 Sex and Stroke
Chapter 12 What are the Complications of Stroke?
Chapter 13 Drugs and Stroke
Chapter 14 Epilogue
Kenneth Kee
Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"
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Stroke How to Deal with It! - Kenneth Kee
Stroke
How
to
Deal
with
It
by
Dr Kenneth Kee
M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)
Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)
Copyright Kenneth Kee 2012
Published By Kenneth Kee At Smashwords.com
Dedication
This book is dedicated
to my wife Dorothy
and my children
and Kelvin
This book contains a simple guide to Stroke and the causes and treatments of many of my patients in my Family Clinic.
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Chapter 1
What is A Stroke?
A stroke is known also known as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA).
There is usually someone suffering from one every minute.
It happens when the blood vessel to a part of the brain is blocked (due to a blood clot) or burst.
The brain cells in that part cannot get the oxygen and nutrients so they are damaged and