Question

52 year old male admitted 2 weeks ago. complained of malaise and a cough. CT scan raised the possibility of a cerebellar infarct on the left side.
precious history:
treated for hypertension.
precious admitted 7 years ago with angina.
elevated plasma cholesterol on admission.
smoker.
Lumbar puncture performed showed the presence of Haemophilus sp. patient was treated with benzylpenicillin, he then became hypertensive, which was attributed to septic shock. noted at this stage that he had a primary infection of the right ear.
what was the cause of death?
what were the signs and symptoms?

Answer 1

* Brain cells need a constant supply of blood to give them oxygen and nutrients.

* If this blood supply is cut off by a clot, brain cells start to die in that part of the brain.

* In a stroke is due to bleed, the blood itself is toxic to the brain cells it touches.

* The most frequent cause of death in cerebral infract patients is transtentorial herniation, followed in frequency by pneumonia, cardiac causes and pulmonary embolism.

* High blood pressure also leads to one of the death cause.

Signs and symptoms:

* Sudden weakness of numbness of face, arm or leg especially on the right side of the body.

* sudden confusion.

* sudden trouble speaking or understanding - aphasia.

* may having chance of seizures after stroke.

* sudden severe headache.

* High levels of elevated plasma cholesterol leads to hypercholesterolemia leads to decrease in the metabolic rate and leads to several complications.

*severe smoking leads to hypertension if not treated leads to death.