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Be aware of the risk of depression after a stroke

Five years ago, Marie had a stroke. Fortunately, he was treated quickly and recovered with no apparent sequelae. “But in the following months I was extremely tired, sleeping for one to two hours every afternoon. And most importantly, I had no taste for anything anymore. My family I told myself it was my consequence paralysis, that would pass. Actually, I was doing a depression“, says this 58-year-old Parisian.

Much less well known than the physical effects or speech disorders (aphasia), mood disorders are nevertheless common after stroke. Thus, in the year following a cerebrovascular accident, 30% of patients will suffer from depression, as the analysis of studies published last March reminds. Plos Medicine. In more than two-thirds of cases, these depressions appear within three months after a stroke. And more than half of them…

Source: Le Figaro

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