Stroke turns teachers into illiterate people

An elementary school teacher has lost the ability to read, becoming illiterate due to strange complications after a stroke.

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The unfortunate incident happened to American teacher MP, 40, American. When entering the classroom one morning in October 2012, Ms. MP discovered that she could not read the names on the attendance list. Frightened, she switched to lesson plans and found them to be like "hieroglyphs".

Ms. MP went to the principal and the leader also found it difficult to understand her situation. The MP was then taken back to his mother's home and the next 2 days began to experience a variety of other problems. She couldn't watch the watch and it took hours to pack a travel bag.

The big arrow in the picture shows a blockage point in one of her MP arteries. The smaller arrow indicates contraction and expansion in another artery.(Photo: Neurology)

MP also began to feel difficult in finding words, and felt confused and worried. MP's mother took her to the hospital for a visit and was diagnosed by the doctors that her daughter had a stroke, leading to complications that were completely out of reading (illiterate) , but still capable of writing and understanding. spoken language.

This is a relatively rare disease, thought to originate in lesions in the "linguistic region" of the brain. It happens when this area of ​​the brain is deprived of visual input and has no other damage.

After the stroke, Ms. MP tried to learn to read it again, but all efforts failed. Not discouraged, she finally discovers how to decode a word by using her fingers to identify the letters.

Writing in the journal Neurology, MP's physicians explained: "When given a word, MP will direct her attention to the first letter even if it cannot be identified. After that, she will Place your finger on the letter and start tracing each letter above it in the alphabet until you realize what you're looking at. "

According to the doctors, even 10 months after the stroke, MP cannot read it again. She was forced to give up teaching and now works for a fitness center. MP is planning to write a book about his experience to raise money for stroke research.