A 50-year-old woman in India had a stroke in a salon which an Indian doctor has termed as “Beauty Parlour Stroke Syndrome”.
The woman had a stroke while having her hair washed before having it cut. According to the medical specialists attending to her, her stroke was brought on when she bent her neck back for the wash. This puts strain on a vital blood vessel that supplies the brain.
The woman suffered a stroke as she was having her hair washed, just before getting her haircut. The medical staff treating her claim that when she bent her neck back for the wash, it triggered a stroke. A blood vessel that supplies the brain got constricted.
Sharing this information on Twitter, Hyderabad Neurologist Dr. Sudhir Kumar wrote, “The woman initially experienced dizziness, nausea, and vomiting while having her “hair washed with shampoo in a beauty parlour.”
The doctor further wrote, “Initially, she was taken to a gastroenterologist, who treated her symptomatically. The symptoms did not improve, and the next day she developed a mild imbalance while walking. She was referred to me for an opinion. Her symptoms did not improve and she had mild right-cerebellar signs. An MRI of the brain revealed an infarct in the right posterior inferior cerebellar territory, MR angiogram showed left vertebral hypoplasia.”
“A diagnosis of #beauty #parlour stroke syndrome involving the right PICA territory was made. Possible mechanism is kinking of the
