Jamie Foxx don reveal say him don get stroke wey dey comot blood for him brain

E be one of di growing number of middle-aged Americans wey dey experience dem.

More than one year and half after reports emerge say Jamie Foxx get medical emergency, di actor, singer and comedian don finally reveal say e suffer stroke for April 2023.

For him new Netflix stand-up special, Jamie Foxx.

What had happened was, di Oscar winner detail him near-death experience and grueling rehabilitation and e credit him sister with saving him life.

Wetin to know about Foxx’s stroke and di brain bleed wey cause am

Headache turn life-threatening

For Atlanta on April 11, 2023, Foxx develop one searing headache.

One of him friend give am aspirin, but di star lose consciousness before e fit take di pill.

Dem carry am go doctor wey, e talk say, give am shot of cortisone and send am home.

But Foxx’s younger sister, wey dey with am, come dey sense say something much more serious dey happen to her brother, e talk

“My sister talk say, ‘No put am for car; dat no be my brother right there.”

Foxx talk say him sister drive “aimlessly” around Atlanta and eventually carry am enter Piedmont Hospital.

There, one doctor diagnose Foxx with brain bleed wey lead to stroke and talk say e need to operate immediately.

While Foxx dey joke about di many rumors and social media reactions about him so-called “mystery illness,” him health scare still remain something of a mystery.

Him doctor for Piedmont Hospital no fit locate di source of di brain bleed.

Di physician also tell Foxx’s sister, “E fit make full recovery, but e go get di worst year of him life.”

Foxx “wake up” on May 4 with no memory of di previous 20 days.

E talk say e no fit walk and e need wheelchair, him speech dey impaired and him head dey shake.

Dem then fly am go Chicago to start him recovery.

Wetin be brain bleed, and how e dey cause stroke?

Stroke na severe medical emergency wey occur wen blood flow to di brain dey disrupted.

E fit dey caused by blood clots, blockages in blood vessels or brain bleed, wey occur wen blood vessel break and begin bleed into di brain.

Brain bleed, wey Foxx suffer, dey also called hemorrhagic stroke.

More than 795,000 pipo dey get strokes for di U.S. each year, di Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate.

According to di American Stroke Association (ASA), about 13% of dem na hemorrhagic strokes.

Strokes na leading cause of disability for di U.S. About one-third of survivors dey permanently disabled afterward, and only about half of all victims still dey alive five years after their first stroke.

Foxx dey among di 10% of pipo wey “recover almost completely” from stroke, according to Northwestern Medicine.

Stroke risks dey increase with age, most commonly striking pipo ages 65 and older but di CDC talk say di average age for first stroke dey fall.

Foxx, wey dey now 56, dey among di growing number of Americans wey dey get strokes for middle age. Today, about 25% of stroke victims dey younger than 65.

Black Americans, like Foxx, dey face nearly double di risk of stroke wey their white counterparts dey face, according to di CDC.

To some extent, Black men’s elevated risks of stroke and other cardiovascular problems dey reflect disparities in health and access to health care.

Black men dey more likely to get high blood pressure than their white counterparts, and for dem, di problem dey more likely to start at younger age.

High blood pressure na leading risk factor for stroke, along with age.

Others include:

• Obesity
• Diabetes
• High cholesterol
• Heart disease
• Sickle cell disease
• Previous transient ischemic attack (or TIA, one minor stroke wey no usually cause long-term disability)

Preventing strokes and how to take recognize di first signs

Strokes usually dey happen for pipo wey get one of di conditions listed above.

Di good news be say you fit dramatically lower your risks of these precursors with lifestyle changes wey dey in line with di American Heart Association’s “Life’s Essential 8” guidelines:

• Eat better
• Be more active
• Quit tobacco
• Get healthy sleep
• Manage weight
• Control cholesterol (with statins or other medications, as well as diet and exercise)
• Manage blood sugar
• Manage blood pressure

You fit also check out di recently updated U.S. screening guidelines to see if you need to be assessed by your health care provider.

And remember say acting fast as Foxx’s sister do na di key to improving di odds of survival and recovery. Dat require recognizing di signs wey you suppose seek immediate medical care:

• Sudden numbness or weakness for di face, arm or leg, especially on one side of di body
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or difficulty understanding speech
• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or lack of coordination
• Sudden severe headache with no known cause

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