AUG 18, patients and their maladies: hemiplegia

  a) Reprise of material posted on August 18 in previous years ...

2020: poets' corner, philosophy of limericks (poem)
2021: old world palindromes, national wrap-up (wordplay) 
2022: Italian loanwords, cicerone (poem)
2023: Toronto's Harbourfront, dance performance 3 (action photos)

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b) Today's Offering (Aug 18, 2024): 

Authors' Note: In medical jargon, a stroke (cerebro-vascular accident) that leaves the victim with complete loss of function in the affected area is said to be dense. Patients like old friend Dave, who have had a dense stroke with severe one-sided weakness (hemiplegia) in mid-life, may survive with appropriate early treatment of atherosclerotic lesions in the opposing carotid artery and other major arteries, to prevent further loss of function. With appropriate physiotherapy, targeted at flexibility in the affected area and strength on the unaffected side, such patients can get through several decades, walking hesitatingly, with the use of canes and other assistive devices. As these courageous persons age, mobility issues become even more problematic than for the rest of us.

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