I include the original message here:
"Doc, can I have your opinion on this?
Just received this useful message. Forwarding it in the hope of saving someone's life. Keep a syringe or needle in your home to do this.... It's amazing and an unconventional way of recovering from stroke. Please read it to the end. You can help somebody one day. This is amazing. Please read and remember what to do. You will never know whether someone's life might depend on you. My father was paralysed and later died from the result of a stroke. I wish I knew about this first aid before. When stroke strikes, the capillaries in the brain will gradually burst. When a stroke occurs, stay calm. No matter where the victim is, do not move him / her. Because, if moved, the capillaries will burst. Help the victim to sit up where he / she is to prevent him / her from falling over again, and then the blood letting can begin . If you have in your home an injection syringe that would be the best. Otherwise, a sewing needle or a straight pin will do. 1. Place the needle/pin over fire to sterilize it and then use it to prick the tip of all ......10 fingers. 2. There are no specific acupuncture points, just prick about one mm from the finger nail. 3. Prick till blood comes out. 4. If blood does not start to drip, then squeeze with your fingers. 5. When all 10 digits are bleeding, wait a few minutes then the victim will regain consciousness. 6. If the victim's mouth is crooked, then pull on his ears until they are red. 7. Then prick each earlobe twice until two drops of blood comes from each earlobe. After a few minutes the victim should regain consciousness. Wait till the victim regains his normal state without any abnormal symptoms then take him to the hospital. Otherwise, if he is taken in an ambulance to the hospital in a hurry, the bumpy trip will cause all the capillaries in his brain to burst. 'I learned about letting blood to save life from Chinese traditional physician, Ha Bu Ting, who lives in Sun Juke. Furthermore, I had practical experience with it. Therefore, I can say this method is 100% effective. In 1979, I was teaching in Fung Gaap College in Tai Chung. One afternoon, I was teaching a class when another teacher came running to my classroom panting, and said: 'Ms. Liu, come quick, our supervisor has had a stroke!! I immediately went to the 3rd floor. When I saw our supervisor, Mr. Chen Fu Tien, his colour was off, his speech was slurred, his mouth was crooked - all the symptoms of a stroke. I immediately asked one of the practicum students to go to the pharmacy outside the school to buy a syringe, which I used to prick Mr. Chen's 10 finger tips. When all 10 fingers were bleeding (each with a pea-sized drop of blood), after a few minutes, Mr. Chen's face regained its colour and his eyes' spirit returned. But his mouth was still crooked. So, I pulled on his ears to fill them with blood. When his ears became red, I pricked his right earlobe twice to let out two drops of blood. When both earlobes had two drops of blood each, a miracle happened. Within 3-5 minutes the shape of his mouth returned to normal, and his speech became clear. We let him rest for a while and have a cup of hot tea. Then we helped him go down the stairs, drove him to Wei Wah Hospital. He rested one night and was released the next day to return to school to teach. Everything worked normally. There were no ill after effects. On the other hand, the usual stroke victim usually suffers irreparable bursting of the brain capillaries on the way to the hospital. As a result, these victims never recover. Therefore, stroke is the second cause of death. The lucky ones will stay alive but can remain paralysed for life. It is such a horrible thing to happen in one's life. If we can all remember this blood letting method, we can start the life saving process immediately. In a short time, the victim will be revived and regain 100% normality. (Irene Liu) IF POSSIBLE PLEASE FORWARD THIS AFTER READING. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW IT MAY HELP SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE FROM STROKE."
I've added in another identified source:
http://www.sportonlinegroup.com/needle-can-save-a-patients-life-in-case-of-stroke-here-is-how/
(which makes one wonder about the validity of all the other available information from the same site).
One of my friends messaged me in facebook to ask my opinion regarding the content of the message and this is my opinion: What a load of nonsense.
Who makes up this stuff? And who circulates it without verifying the contents?
I remember the unnamed author writing something along the lines "I know it works because I have practical experience". The writer then describes one encounter with a person who was having a stroke. One encounter, that's right, one person having a stroke (and I have reservations regarding the diagnosis because the person writing the message is obviously not a doctor) is treated with the "blood letting" method and supposedly recovers. What most likely had happened is the person suffered a minor stroke or transient ischaemic attack, which is similar to a stroke, but the clot causing the blockage gets dislodged and the vessel unblocked so that the patients symptoms disappear if not very quick then within 24 hours.
The Science Behind A Stroke
The pathophysiology of stroke or cerebrovascular accident, the term medics use, basically is a disruption in the blood supply to the brain. This can be caused by a bleed or a blockage in the brain vessels. The vessels which bring oxygen is known as arteries. A similar problem in the heart would result in a heart attack.
The arteries that bring oxygenated blood to the brain supply the brain tissue in such a manner that blockage or bleeds of certain arteries or branches of arteries cause different signs or neurological deficits such as weakness in the arm and leg of one side of the body including the face, disturbance in vision or speech, numbness in one side of the body and so on.
Conventional Medical Treatment of Stroke
In general, blockage of brain vessels by clots is more common than stroke caused by bleeding of brain vessels. Treatment of stroke depends on the cause. When the cause of the stroke is a bleed, treating the stroke may involve stopping the bleed or reducing its effect. When the cause of the stroke is a clot, treatment will include giving medication that can help prevent the clot from growing or worsening and medicine that will try and dissolve the clot (clot buster or tissue plasminogen activator).
Show Me The Evidence Please
I'd like to know how piercing the tips of the fingers and earlobes until they bleed a certain amount of blood, stops or reduces the bleeding or blockage in the brain causing the stroke. There is no explanation, is there? Followed by the crazy assumption that taking the patient to the hospital immediately after the onset of stroke will cause capillaries in the brain to burst, hence worsening the patients condition. Which capillaries? How does piercing the tips of fingers and earlobes stop capillaries from bursting?
No randomised-controlled trial or any research done to prove that "blood letting" works. Plus no plausible explanation of how the science works. And yet people believe it and help spread the non-sense.
If you find any research or science to contradict what I have blogged, please forward it to me. Thanks a lot.
This is another website which explains why this advice is wrong:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/needle-stroke.shtml
What To Do If You Witness A Person Having A Stroke:
1) If person is unconcious, please start basic life support/CPR.
2) Get help and call for an ambulance immediately.
3) Get to person to the nearest hospital as soon as possible.
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