Doctor Tweets About “Beauty Parlour Stroke”, Claims Woman Suffered After Salon Hair Wash

A 50-year-old Hyderabad girl’s go to to a salon for stress-free remedies ended up being a nightmare. Earlier than getting her hair trimmed, the girl had a stroke whereas having her hair washed. Her stroke was brought on, in line with the medical professionals caring for her, when she bent her neck again to scrub. This pressured a vital blood vessel supplying the mind.

Sharing this info on Twitter Hyderabad Neurologist Dr. Sudhir Kumar wrote, “The lady initially skilled dizziness, nausea, and vomiting whereas having her “hair washed with shampoo in a magnificence parlour.”

2. Signs didn’t enhance, the subsequent day she developed delicate imbalance whereas strolling. She was referred for my opinion. She had delicate proper cerebellar indicators. MRI mind revealed infarct in proper posterior inferior cerebellar territory, MR angiogram confirmed left vertebral hypoplasia

— Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM🇮🇳 (@hyderabaddoctor) October 30, 2022

The physician additional wrote, “Initially, she was taken to a gastroenterologist, who handled her symptomatically. The signs didn’t enhance, and the subsequent day she developed a gentle imbalance whereas strolling. She was referred to me for an opinion. The signs didn’t enhance, and the subsequent day she developed a gentle imbalance whereas strolling. She was referred to me for an opinion. She had delicate right-cerebellar indicators. MRI mind revealed an infarct in the best posterior inferior cerebellar territory, MR angiogram confirmed left vertebral hypoplasia.”

“A prognosis of #magnificence #parlour stroke syndrome involving the best PICA territory was made. Doable mechanism is kinking of the vertebral artery throughout hyperextension and turning of neck in the direction of wash-basin whereas washing hair with shampoo. She had properly managed #Hypertension too,” he added.

4. Take dwelling message: Stroke affecting vertebro-basilar artery territory can happen throughout shampoo hair-wash in a magnificence parlor, particularly in ladies with different atherosclerotic danger components and undetected vertebral hypoplasia. Immediate recognition and remedy can forestall incapacity

— Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM🇮🇳 (@hyderabaddoctor) October 30, 2022

“A stroke affecting vertebro-basilar artery territory can happen throughout shampoo hair-wash in a magnificence parlor, particularly in ladies with different atherosclerotic danger components and undetected vertebral hypoplasia. Immediate recognition and remedy can forestall incapacity,” he wrote.

Magnificence parlour syndrome was coined within the Journal of the American Medical Affiliation in 1993 by Dr Michael Weintraub after he noticed 5 ladies who had developed critical neurological signs following shampoos at hair salons. Complaints included extreme dizziness, lack of stability, and facial numbness. 4 out of 5 suffered strokes, The Guardian reported in an article revealed in 2016.

In line with the ResearchGate, “magnificence parlour stroke syndrome”, in any other case generally known as a hairdresser-related ischemic cerebrovascular occasion (HICE) or vertebral-basilar ischemia (VBI), is a uncommon phenomenon brought on by both cerebral artery dissection or vertebral artery compression attributable to neck positioning and manipulation on the hair salon sink bowl.