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Sleepy All Day Long, Dizzy, Has Alzheimer. Words Getting Slurry. What To Do ?
My grandmother is 79 and has alheimezers. She is normally very talkative meaning she asks the same questions over and over. She had a half a milligram of kalanapen this morning about nine am. She has been very sleepy all day long and dizzy. And for the last few hours she isn't making any sense. Her words are not coming out right. And she hasn't asked any questions all day. This is extremely unusual. What should I do?
Mon, 11 Nov 2013
These kind of symptoms are seen in Alzheimer's disease however since they are so sudden I suspect brain stroke (clotting).
If such kind of patient visits me then i give 1 tab of Asprin and send the patient to a emergency department for further evaluation where MRI of brain may be performed to rule out clotting in brain
If such kind of patient visits me then i give 1 tab of Asprin and send the patient to a emergency department for further evaluation where MRI of brain may be performed to rule out clotting in brain
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