Question for any nurses, doctors, health care workers...

My husband and I are both teachers. One of our students, an eight year old, apparently suffered a stroke a few weeks ago. He is currently paralyzed on one side. We're both very worried, but don't like to pester the parents for details about this student.

In your experience, what is the possibility of recovery? He is fine mentally, but is in a wheelchair.

of why he suffered a stroke in the first place.
But, the chances for recovery in a child are very good.
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stroke while younger they may have a greater chance of recovering.

I do know that it varies significantly from person to person. Apparently there are many different types of strokes and various types of interventions. Each person responds individually to medical treatment, physical therapy and occupational therapy. It is promising that he suffered no cognitive damage (I myself work with individuals who have cognitive impairments). With the extent of therapies available today he likely has a good chance at a full or near full recovery, particularly if he got immediate treatment.

If you don't want to just outright ask the parents about him, perhaps you could send the child a small gift or a card signed by all of the students in his class. That might open the channels of communication so you could get an update on his condition (plus he would enjoy it as well). :)

gifts from the class, but the after asking the parent several times about the student's condition, we are none the wiser. The parent doesn't seem to know, and apparently neither do the doctors. We feel that they'll share with us when they're ready, or when there is something to share. It is very scary for all the teachers at the school, the children, and of course, the parents.

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http://www.umm.edu/altmed/ConsConditions/Strokecc.html

Nutrition

Nutritional tips include the following.

* Eat a diet high in fiber, potassium, and magnesium
* Decrease saturated fats and sodium
* Avoid alcohol (it increases risk of hemorrhagic stroke)
* Use garlic and onion (help regulate lipids and prevent atherosclerosis, which is fat deposits inside the arteries)

Potentially beneficial nutritional supplements include the following.

* Folate (400 to 800 IU a day)
* Essential fatty acids; a mix of omega-6 (evening primrose) and omega-3 (flaxseed) may be optimal (2 tablespoons oil a day or 1,000 to 1,500 IU two times a day)
* Vitamin E: 400 to 1,600 IU a day
* Coenzyme Q10: 10 to 50 mg a day
* Vitamin C: 250 to 500 mg two times a day
* Bromelain: 250 mg three times a day between meals
* Alpha-lipoic acid: animal studies suggest that alpha-lipoic acid may increase survival rate after stroke.

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caused the stroke...but, children are generally better at recovery from brain insults than adults are. He might be looking at a course of physical and speech therapy before he can return to school though.

could it have been a brain aneurysm, which is very different? Sometimes there is a congenital weakness in a brain capillary that creates a very slow bleed and then a clot. Other times, it might be due to a physical injury to the brain (safety tip #1: avoid head trauma). I doubt nutrition was the primary cause leading to the stroke in an eight year old unless there are other chronic health problems (liver, etc).

http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/factsheets/families/F010034/

Are strokes common in children?

Every year, about five out of every 100,000 children have a stroke. That means around 100 children in total every year in the UK. Stroke is much less common in children than in adults.
What causes strokes in children?

About half of all affected children have an underlying medical condition – for example, sickle cell anaemia or a heart problem - which increases their chance of having a stroke.

The other half are apparently healthy beforehand. There are many possible causes of stroke in this group of children. One of the commonest is a narrowing of the blood vessels within the head as a result of the chickenpox virus. This is a rare effect of chickenpox and it is not known why some children develop this complication. Other causes of childhood strokes include other abnormalities in the blood vessels supplying the brain or an increased tendency for the blood to form clots.

In around 10% of children who have a stroke, no cause is identified despite extensive tests.

The causes of strokes in children are not the same as in adults. Adult strokes are often brought on by smoking, high blood pressure or "furring up" of the arteries.