He threw a clot in his brain in Konya, forgetting Turkish and danish began to speak – Cyprus Newspaper

67 -year -old Rahmi Karademir throwing clots in his brain in Konya, after the intervention in the hospital began to communicate with Danish he has not used for years. Speaking with his daughter’s interpreter, Karademir said, « Turkish does not come to mind in any way, » he said.

Rahmi Karademir, father of 7 children who settled in Konya 10 years ago after living in Denmark for 20 years, was operated on the knee in the Orthopedics Department of Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine last week.

Two days after the operation, Karademir suddenly was taken into consideration on the development of strength (stroke) and speech disorder in the right arm and leg.

In the examinations, it was found that he had a clot to one of the large vessels on the left side of Karademir’s brain and the vessel was blocked.

The clot was cleaned quickly by angiography.

Danish started talking

After the procedure, the complaints ended to a great extent Karademir Danish began to speak, especially his wife, especially those around him caused astonishment.

Karademir, who lived in panic because he could not speak Turkish, attracted the attention of experts to start speaking the language he has not used for years.

« Both paralysis and speaking problems have been handled quickly »

Prof. Dr. Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine Hospital Neurology Department Professor. Dr. Gokhan Ozdemir, said the patient was quickly intervened.

Özdemir, who draws attention to the seriousness of the situation,, “We quickly took our patient to angio and cleaned the clot. After the procedure, the patient’s stroke in the right arm and leg was improved rapidly, he started to use it again. The patient was in the hospital and gave the chance to intervene quickly. In this way, both paralysis and speech problems were quickly handled.” he said.

« Rare cases »

Özdemir said that he met a surprising situation after the operation, said:

We realized that the patient could not speak the Turkish he used in his daily life, but he could talk about the danca, which we thought he had forgotten. This is a table that is rarely encountered in the literature. In people who speak more than one language, some languages ​​may be forgotten after brain vascular occlusion or bleeding, while unused languages ​​can be re -emerged. In individuals who speak two languages, the protection of the other in case of loss of one language provides an important advantage in terms of the rehabilitation process.

Ozdemir, the patient expected to talk about Turkish again in the process of re -acquisition of the language, he added.

« He can understand Turkish, but he can’t speak »

Meral Karademir, daughter of the patient, emphasized that his father has not spoken for many years. “Danish began to speak. We were very surprised. My sisters could communicate more easily with them because they knew this language. He can understand Turkish, but he cannot speak. he said.

« Turkish does not come to mind in any way »

Rahmi Karademir, on the other hand, stated that he could remember a few of the Turkish words in his daughter’s interpreter. “I understand Turkish but I cannot speak. I force my memory. He said.