A man smoke 40 cigarettes a day. This this how his brain shutdow
A man smoke 40 cigarettes a day. This this how his brain shutdown.
is a 52 year old man, presenting to the emergency room, with slurred speech and right-sided hemiplegia. Hemi- meaning one half, and plegia meaning paralysis. (HEMIPLEGIA) Paralysis of half body.
His family told us that he has been drinking liquor since he was 14 years old, as well as a heavy smoker with 36 years of smoking experience, even with a history of hypertension. “He smoke like a chimney”, his wife said, “one and a half packets per day, two packets sometimes”.
Now it is clear that his blood vessel is obstructed by a blood clot, which means he had suffered a cerebral infarction…
