Description

Stroke can be a very frightening experience and has a devastating impact on individuals and families. Skills and abilities previously taken for granted may be damaged or lost altogether. Coping with life after Stroke explains how people can start to put their lives back together after a stroke. Sadly, having had one stroke does make further strokes more likely, so the book also discusses prevention of further strokes with lifestyle modifications and suggests ways to tackle factors such as smoking, obesity and excess drinking.

Contents

• Introduction
• What is stroke?
• Stroke and the brain: what you may experience
• What happens after a stroke? Tests and treatments
• Other therapies
• Pain and stroke
• Coming home
• How family and friends can help
• Nutrition and stroke
• Psychology and stroke
• Preventing further strokes: causes and risks
• Social support after stroke
• Stroke services for young people
• Conclusion
• Useful contacts
• Index
  

About the author

Dr Mareeni Raymond - is based at Homerton University Hospital. London. She is a medical graduate of University College London and also holds a first-class honours degree in medical journalism. She published many articles for both medical and non-medical publications while training to be a general practitioner. She is involved in research at the Centre of Ageing Population Studies at the Royal Free Hospital. She plans to combine medical writing and teaching students in this specialism with her career as a GP.