h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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I'd like to put this entry up for review to be submitted into the guide. This is an entry that I've been researching and studying for over a year now. I first began researching this subject when my father (a Diabetic) suffered a debilitating stroke that left him blind, and then two more in quick succession that robbed him of full use of his motor functions. I believe that it is a well-researched and informative entry, and I'm eager to hear other user comments as well.

Thanks Anna
Amanda

Hi Amanda,

This is a beautifully written and obviously well-researched article.

You have got everything here that you need. I have a couple of (minor) points which you may find useful:

1) In the section 'Treating strokes', para 4, sentence 4, you have written 'An angiography...' This should read 'An angiogram...'

2) You have mentioned that the FDA has licensed the use of TPA in the treatment of strokes. I think you should make a footnote explaining that the FDA is the US Food and Drug Administration, and that they regulate medicines in the US. I would also make it more explicit that TPA is used to treat ischaemic strokes only.

3) Section 'Treating strokes', para 3 - you mention 'the haemorrhage, or aneurysm...' An aneurysm is not the same as a haemorrhage. An aneurysm is a swelling or ballooning of a section of an artery, which can burst, causing a haemorrhage. Aneurysms can be treated with catheter coagulation techniques as you describe, or by radiocoagulation techniques, using external beam radiation in conjunction with a radiation-sensitive clotting agent injected into the blood.

4) Narrowing (stenosis) of an artery leading to strokes can be treated by dilating the stenosis, or by placing a small metal coil called a stent in the stenosis to keep it open. An operation called a carotid endarterectomy can help relieve carotid stenosis and blockage.

5) You have capitalised the word stroke - it doesn't need to be. I'm getting really picky now!

Hope that is of some use to you! Personally, I think this article would be a great addition to the edited guide.



- Adam

Brilliant. I really enjoyed reading this article. Highly informative stuff.

Thank you thank you! I worked very hard on this piece, and I hoped that it might be of some help for people, like my father, who have suffered from strokes or who would like to learn how to prevent them. I'm glad that you feel the same.

I've taken all of your comments into consideration, Dr. W, and will be making those changes immediately. If you _are_ really a doctor (wink wink), any other professional advice you could give me about this entry would be highly accepted. I want it to be as accurate and informative as possible.

Absolutely brilliant. A well researched entry well worth being in the Edited Guide.

This subject means a real lot to me. Six years ago this June my little brother nearly died from a hemoragic stroke just days after his 13th birthday. The Stroke resulted in the partial paralysis of his left had side, imparing motor function in his left arm and hand. Since then he's battled to regain a full and natural life, and being the stubborn pain in the rear end that he is, he's a good as achieved it.

Thank you for writing this article. It needs to be brought to the attention of the whole world about how strokes affect its sufferers.

I'm just jumping on the bandwagon here to tell you that this is a brilliant entry. Well done.

Please write more!

Thanks Jimi... and everyone.

And Croz, I really feel for you and especially your brother. I'm so happy that he's doing well and tenaciously overcoming this disease. Tell him for me to keep sticking in there!

Excellent!

I have absolutely nothing to add or to change . It is all very true and realistic, and I know what I'm talking about: I used to work as a paramedic for some 4 years, and I saw far more strokes than traffic accidents.

Everybody seems to fasten the seatbelt nowadays, but hardly anyone is aware of the fact that the chance to die or to suffer severe injuries from a stroke is far greater than having a severe car accident.

Jeremy

I have to add my 0.02 here...
This is just a superb piece! It is both clear and precise without being dry, highly informative and very intersting. Very well done!!!
shouts from the rooftops to you,
Ariel

LOL!

Not *the* Amanda? Of 'jaunty' fame?!?

D'oh! I didn't even realize this was you.

Yup, Jimi, the very same. I was wondering how long it would take you to catch on.

*big hugs!* Good to see you again

Oooops, a little Floor42 winky for you there.

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Remember, h2 smileys are smelly!

I just wanted to say what a brilliant entry I though this was.

When my mum had her first stroke I tried to read up on the illness but so much of the information was just too technical for a layman like me. You seem to have a nice balance here.

So where's those scouts when you need them?

The Scouts are recommending this for the Edited Guide that's what.

Congratulations. This thread will shortly be moved out of the Peer Review and the entry will be on its way to being edited for the Edited guide. You will be emailed by the editors when this is so, letting you know when your entry makes it in. Please be patient though as there is a bit of a queue.

Hurrah! Thanks again everyone for supporting this entry. It means a lot to me, and as I see, to many of you as well.

Editorial Note: This thread has been moved out of the Peer Review forum because this entry has now been recommended for the Edited Guide.

If they have not been along already, the Scout who recommended your entry will post here soon, to let you know what happens next. Meanwhile you can find out what will happen to your entry here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/SubEditors-Process

Congratulations!