Just thought Migraine, Teens This fact Dying for Stroke

Jakarta, Migraine can be considered common in the community. Although disturbing, migraine is a rare cause of death. However, a teenager suddenly dying from a stroke that were previously thought to only migraine.

James Finnerty, a rugby player from Parma Heights, Ohio, woke up with a stabbing pain in her head one morning in April. He could barely walk, stumble and even vomiting.
The doctors in the emergency room to assume that James suffered from severe migraines. But he did not immediately get treatment. His mother was determined to move James to Cleveland Clinic's Center for Pediatric Neurology, where the doctor discovered a stroke.
The swelling in her brain is so powerful that part of the skull must be removed to reduce the pressure. Unfortunately, the second stroke, he had lost the ability to speak and paralyzed limbs.
Nearly a year later, after months of physical therapy, James who is now 16 years old, is in his recovery. But that made him believe it, he suffered a stroke at a very early age, when he was 15 years old.
"I'm almost 100 percent (healed). I was very lucky," said James Finnerty, who is now back to school, as reported by ABC News, Tuesday (02/12/2013).
Stroke is always associated with a disease of the elderly, but approximately 3,000 children suffer a stroke each year, which makes it one of the top 10 causes of death among children, according to Dr. Neil Friedman, pediatric neurologists at the Cleveland Clinic's Center for Pediatric Neurology, where James treated.
Most of these children will survive, but they will face a neurological or cognitive disorders for years ever.
"The big difference in pediatric stroke (stroke in children) is the recovery of nearly 100 percent, due to the ability of children to adapt and accommodate much better than adults. When they survive, they can have six or seven decades of disability," explains Dr. Friedman.
James has not fully recovered because he still has some problems in understanding and balance. And although the MRI showed no artery becomes blocked, he is still at risk for stroke in the future.
Pediatric Stroke is more common in boys than girls. Race of African Americans are also more vulnerable, even including people who have sickle cell anemia, which is associated with the risk of stroke.
Stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted, resulting in tissue injury and loss of brain function. When tissue deprived of oxygen for more than three minutes, it begins to die.
There are two types of stroke, ischemic stroke that occurs when a brain artery is blocked by a clot, and hemorrhagic, which occurs when a brain artery rupture due to trauma or disorder.
In older children, about a third of all strokes associated with heart disease. But that was not the case with James Finnerty, who did not have such a history. James suffered a stroke occurs after a head clash in the game of rugby in 2012, causing the arteries to form clots in his brain.

Sources: http://health.detik.com/read/2013/02/12/200112/2168312/763/