Can a stroke kill someone? How many can they have? My mom has had four.?

Answer:
a stroke can kill someone if the blood vessel has ruptured when it was occluded, like what happens in aneurysms. but if not, the patient only has to suffer through the complications of stroke like paralysis, loss of sensation and so on.

if your mom has had four strokes already, it might mean that the affected blood vessel has a clot that sometimes occludes the blood vessel (when she's having the stroke) and sometimes has blood passing through it towards the brain tissues.

ask your doctor about warfarin and heparin if you want. they are known to dissolve blood clots.

i hope your mom will be ok, though. please know that i'm praying for her.

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Yes it can. Depends on the person, their general health, and the extent of each stroke.

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Stroke or Cerebrovascular Accident as it is called causes death only if a major area of the brain is affected or specialized area of the brain is affected.For example,if the middle cerebral artery is blocked it causes death.If there is a major intracerebral bleed it causes death.If there is a bleed in the medulla oblongata it causes instantaneous death.Then it also depends on the medical management.Poorer the management,more likely is death the outcome.

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Some people have smalll brain bleeds (trans-isthschemic attacks, or TIA's) their whole life, and are never diagnosed with stroke (cerebral vascular accident). I hope your Mom recovers well and regains some abilities that may be lost to multiple strokes. Listen to the therapists and help her as much as you can. It will lead to better recovery.

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A TIA (mini - stroke) can happen several times a day. It is temporary interruption of blood flow to part of the brain that destroys no brain cells and causes no permanent disability.

There are many different types of strokes. My mom had so many strokes over the years that we lost count. She died at the age of 85 not due to a stoke but a heart attack.

Have your mom take her blood thinner and never miss her PT test (test to see if her blood is getting to thick or to thin).

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