HEALTH
Posted TODAY, 4:41 PM Updated TODAY, 5:35 PM
ATLANTA - An estimated 800,000 Americans suffer from a stroke every day, according to the Center for Disease Control.
Studies show anyone is at risk including teenagers and children.
It happened to one mothers young son but now shes fighting a different fight by helping him regain his independence.
At just age 18, Jake suffered a stroke. The injury to his brain was devastating to Jake and his mother.
Ann Nicolopulos, Jakes mother, told Ivanhoe, He had this handicap and the way that I was treating him, all I was doing was handicapping him even more.
The four year long road to recovery hasnt been easy.
Ann Nicolopulos told Ivanhoe, "Jake is able to walk independently, it's a little limp but it's ok. He drives and he's definitely left hand dominate now, the right arm is more of an assist. His speech, thats definitely a difficulty.
Now at 22, Jake is a college student. Medical experts say successful stroke recovery has challenges, starting with a lack of awareness that stroke does happen in the young. Doctors say early diagnosis is crucial.
See the article here:
Stroke In Young Adults