People who 'molt' after a stroke

After escaping death due to a broken blood vessel in the brain, Mr. Tommy, 58, suddenly knew how to write poetry and paint, although he never cared about painting or poetry before.

After the accident turned into . another person

1. After a stroke suddenly become a painter

Tommy McHugh , 58, and living in Liverpool (England), used to be a construction worker before breaking a blood vessel in 2001. After escaping the scythe of death, Tommy was suddenly able to draw even though he never took the palm and cared about painting.

' When I was young, I just liked fighting and dropped out of school when I was 15 years old. I have never been interested in art or poetry, but the brain hemorrhage changed everything. Now I become addicted to drawing. New ideas that appear constantly in my mind make me try to sleep. I often draw until 2 or 3 am, then wake up at 6 o'clock and continue to hold the brush. I never imagined my life would turn in such a direction, ' Tommy said.

Tommy McHugh in his drawing room.(Photo: dailymail.co.uk.)

After undergoing an operation, Tommy was saved, but he felt like he was lost in another world . He could not remember siblings, his wife and two children. Even when he looked in the mirror, he didn't recognize the face in it.

A month later, Tommy felt that there was some motivation from within that urged him to write poetry. One day he wrote five student notebooks. Two months later, the passion for painting burned fiercely. Six months later, the wife divorced because she was frightened of her husband's change, especially the drawings.

2. After a stroke, I can speak a foreign language

Richard Murray , 32, a financial manager in the city of Hereford (England), suffered a stroke three years ago. The stroke turned him into a French accent.

The disaster happened after Richard and his wife returned home from their honeymoon. Suddenly he felt a pain in his right brain and paralysis. He was fully awake, but was banned. At the hospital, doctors perform Richard's brain scans. The results show that there is a block of blood clots stuck in the left hemisphere, in the pronunciation control area. After taking drugs to disperse blood clots, doctors warned that Richard might lose the ability to speak. Indeed, he could not remember how to pronounce words anymore. Whenever he wanted to convey something, Richard had to write it down on paper.

Richard Murray and his wife and two children.(Photo: dailymail.co.uk.)

Eight days after leaving the hospital, Richard could move his limbs, but still could not open his mouth. A friend who was a speech therapist agreed to meet him once a week. Richard had to learn to speak from scratch and his wife had to teach him to speak everyday. In the first two weeks he only learned 4 basic words: hi (hello), bye (bye), yes (yes) and no (no).

Gradually the number of words Richard could pronounce increased, but his voice was like an Italian and gradually turned into a French accent. When he met his friends, they thought he was mocking someone's voice to make fun of. Now Richard can speak fluently, but his voice is the same as the French. The doctors were not sure if the financial manager's English accent returned. However, Richard didn't care about that, because for him the recovery of speaking ability was an invaluable reward.

Ms. Liu Jieyu , 94, a retired former English teacher. After a dangerous stroke, Ms. Liu was in a coma for two weeks. When she woke up, she spoke fluently in English but completely forgot Chinese.

Ms. Liu's family insists, she has not spoken English for 30 years, ever since she quit teaching at school. The doctors said that a coma stroke was a shock that made Ms. Liu forget her entire mother tongue. Although in the opposite direction, she has perfect English ability.

Ms. Liu Jieyu, 94, lost her ability to speak Chinese after a stroke.However, she could speak fluently English even though she had not used it for 30 years.

Mr. Alun Morgan, 81, lives in England, which speaks English normally. But after the stroke he spoke only Welsh (an ancient language with few users). The strange thing is that he was only in Wales for several months in the Second World War, ie about 70 years ago.

When he was young, he could speak some Welsh and English. But because he only stayed in Wales for 4 years and from then on, never used Welsh again.

Stroke Association's Mr. Joe Korner said Mr. Morgan suffers from a brain disorder called aphasia. It can also make patients speak their own language according to other local accents.

3. Suddenly transgender after a stroke

Chris Birch, 26, lives in Wales as an amateur rugby player. During a football game, he suffered a stroke and stroke . Chris was originally a "genuine" man, but after that accident he suddenly lost interest in women . As soon as his mind returned to normal, this guy declared himself . transgender. Perhaps the injury caused him to change.

Chris Birch, after the stroke suddenly . transgender.

Chris said the serious injury caused him to fall to the training ground, break his neck and lose consciousness. Shortly thereafter, Chris was taken to the hospital, his fiancée who was always on duty at the bedside. She was shocked to hear what Chris said after he woke up.

Chris shared that he had no regrets about transgender people but felt otherwise happy and confident. Chris didn't even care about his former self, he hated everything about old life .

He also quit his banking job and learned how to become a hairdresser. Now, Chris becomes much more grooming, he also lost weight, cut his hair . Chris gave up his fiancée and became friends with a gay man.

4. After coma suddenly became gay

Ms. Vikki Salmon , 36, lives in England, which is a normal woman like many others. She also loved many men and engaged. She almost lost her life in a home fire. After being sent to the hospital in time and experiencing a coma, Ms. Vikki survived. However, after waking up, she suddenly found that she was no longer attracted to men, instead she felt like women.

After the coma, Ms. Vikki (left) suddenly felt like women.She currently loves Julie Smith (right).

When Viki met her 25-year-old girlfriend Julie Smith, she immediately liked Julie. They fell in love and moved to live together.

After the coma, Ms. Vikki didn't even remember anything about the fire that caused her house to burn. The fire brigade received a phone call from Ms. Vikki's house but she did not remember anything about the call. The fire caused Ms. Vikki to seriously injure her lungs by inhaling too much smoke.

Scientific explanation

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. It contains about 20 billion cells, responsible for all activities of the body, from dreams to handling flavors. Gray matter accounts for a large proportion in the brain. These are neurons or neurons that are responsible for processing information.

However, the brain also has white matter - nerves that send chemical messages and transmit information between nerve cells.

In fact, the number of nerves in the brain is more than the number of cables in all international telecommunication systems worldwide. Sometimes, the activity of the "cables" of the brain may malfunction due to damage, disease or genetic defects.

Scientists believe that a brain injury can cause long-term damage to its functions, but in some cases it is not true.

According to Dr. Keith Muir, professor of neurology at Glasgow University, when a brain region is damaged, the functions of that region will be "distributed" to other areas. There are many systems in the brain and they work together thanks to a certain link mechanism. When the brain is damaged, the systems change the way they link to restore lost nerve functions and in many cases this change makes a miracle .