NuvaRing Increases Stroke Risk Substantially

Frontal Lobe Stroke

Various cognitive and behavioral functions are controlled by this area of the brain. A NuvaRing stroke in this area of the brain may result in memory damage, decreased attentiveness, and problem-solving impairment. The result is that many people may experience dangerous mood swings and irritability.

The frontal lobe also controls a person’s ability to weigh the consequences of his or her actions. Damage to this function caused by a NuvaRing side effect may result in many abnormal behaviors. An example would be an individual’s unwillingness to hold back on an action that may be considered antisocial. She may also be unable to effectively determine the consequences based on his course of action.

Motor activities are also influenced by the frontal lobe. The inability to walk straight, a redundancy of certain movements, even partial paralysis may result of a stroke in this area. One who survives a NuvaRing stroke may begin to copy the movement of other individuals.

Parietal Lobe Stroke

Sensory information is controlled here, in the parietal lobe. This data is used by individuals to perceive the world in relation to herself. Development of varying symptoms can potentially occur for NuvaRing victims of strokes in this area of the brain. Some survivors may only have partial vision impairments; some may not be able to determine what hot and cold is by physical contact; some may not even be able to distinguish left from right.

An understanding of single concepts via multiple sources is also a responsibility of the parietal lobe by the integration of sensory information. A disruption of that process will occur in the event of a NuvaRing stroke in this area.

Due to the NuvaRing strokes in the parietal lobe affecting cognitive functions, the side-effects experienced by survivors may be erratic and an understanding of them by loved ones may be difficult to understand. Survivors may be frustrated by this and may become more and more isolated from the world as a result.

Temporal Lobe Stroke

Memory, vision, and hearing are the main key areas controlled by the temporal lobe. NuvaRing strokes in this area of the brain can lead to impairments of speech, partial or total deafness or short-term and/or long-term memory loss.

A disability that involves an individual’s inability to speak or understand speech is called aphasia. Temporal lobe damage due to NuvaRing may result in Wernicke’s aphasia. Though the survivor may be able to speak, her choice of words may be difficult to understand or may not make any sense to the listener(s). Additionally, the NuvaRing stroke victim may be unable to understand the speech of others.

A range of hearing impairments can be a partial or total loss of hearing, to numerous auditory conditions that make it hard for the stroke victim to communicate with others. Hearing sounds that don’t exist, hearing select sounds, and hearing normal sounds in an abnormal manner. The NuvaRing stroke victim may feel isolated or disconnected from the world as a direct result of these kinds of side effects.

Occipital Lobe Stroke

Vision is controlled by this area of the brain. A NuvaRing stroke can possibly or potentially result in total blindness or visual problems that affect parts of the individual’s vision. One such is a condition known as central vision defect. Basically, the victim cannot see anything (or anyone) directly in front of him/her. This is why she may turn her head slightly when talking with someone.

Damage to the occipital lobe due to stroke may affect the victim’s ability to tell certain colors apart from one another. This is known as color agnosia. A NuvaRing Occipital lobe stroke may also cause movement agnosia. An individual with this defect is unable to detect motion. If the brain is damaged in this zone, blindness in one or both eyes may result.