Chiropractic treatment likely cause of man’s stroke, doctors report
The case study by Australian and Chinese doctors say multiple cervical massage sessions led to a middle cerebral artery infarct and left internal carotid artery dissection
A healthy man in his thirties almost died following chiropractic treatment which doctors suspect caused internal carotid artery dissection leading to a massive stroke.
The 35-year-old presented as an emergency with a two-day history of expressive dysphasia and a one-day history of right-sided weakness.
He was brought in by a friend who found him at home unable to care for himself.
His medical history was unremarkable, and he wasn’t on any medications or herbal remedies, wrote doctors from Curtin University in Perth and the First Affiliated Hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
