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Is this doctor correct anyone know?

This doctor states an avm can spontaneously rupture without any precipitating factor's. Which happens in a majority of cases.However on a theoretical basis .An avm rupture may be precipitated by an increase in venous pressure this occurs in strenuous activities such as (lifting)or (severe coughing spell's)My question is does anyone know if this doctor that's an (occupational medicine specialist) is correct in what he said?
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BIG, I'll throw in my two cents on this post.  My computer was down until yesterday (Friday 17th), so haven't been keeping up.  I believe what the opposing side is trying to point out is, whenever you saw a doctor for the first time for your brain injury, that no record was made of the part of your story where you woke up with a clenched hand.  She's saying, I think, that perhaps you did not tell the first doc that you had the beginnings of a problem when you woke up.  And therefore, that doc made no record of it.  Now, if you do recall telling about the clenched hand to the first doc who saw you, then in order to refute the opposing side, that doc must be contacted and see if he recalls that you said that, but that he just plain forgot to put it in his notes.  If he does remember you saying that, then he can write a paper and sign it on his letterhead that you did say that and that he simply failed to write it down.

Now, BIG, this is only IF I understand you correctly.  If the first docwho saw you for your brain injury evidently didn't put it in his notes, that's what that lady is sticking to.  So, you'd need to talk to that doc and get him to "go on the record" about remembering how you mentioned the clenched hand.  Now, if you did NOT tell the first doc about this, maybe it was because you were in no condition to remember much of anything, that it was on reflection that you remembered it.  I mean, it doesn't sound like something you would make up, as the opposing side is implying.  

Anyway, I did want to say that if you have that adjudicator saying if you had had that AVM rupture within six hours of work, then yes, you could have had the bleed whilst asleep, and when you woke up, your clenched hand was a sure sign of that AVM bleed.  The adjudicator is your best friend, and if you can get the first doc who examined you after your bran injury, to either tell or write the adjudicato that he does recall about your clenched hand upon waking up, after falling asleep within six hours of working, then he would probably find facts supporting your side and grant you workman's comp.  GG
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.this doctor also said  the effect is transient that he may consider the injury to be. work related if it happened 4 to 6.hours after .the work day was finished I worked until 5:30 pm.so 4 to 6 hours later is 9:30pm to 11:30 pm I was asleep by 9:30pm when I went to sleep I .I was normal I awoke 4 am the next morning tried to turn thealarm clock off but  I could not open my left hand .Ithen sat up turned the main light on and noticed my left hand was seized closed..I started to panic It took about 25 minutes to get my finger's to open and start to work again .The symptom's seemed to have gone.So I. thought everything was back to.normalI then went down. stairs to pack my lunch.still unsure of what happened in my sleep 5 am I had a avm rupture right frontal lobeI felt my left hand It .It was the first thing that was affected by the rupture According to what I have read if you go to bed and you are still normal.The.onset time of thestroke was when you first went to sleep if that is trueI went to sleep 9:pm .to 9:30 pm  my onset timefor my stroke was  9:30pm the doctor said the effect is transient so he may consider my avm ruptureto be work relatedif the stroke happened4 to 6 hours after I finished .workthe problem is this is a work mans c.ompensation doctor.and my adjudicator  that's handling my case. has convienently forgot to mention to the wcb doctor about my .symptom's that I had when I first woke up that morning just before I had.the bleeding stroke.I thinkthe woman adjudicator is just doing her job  .A nd the job she has is t prove my injury is .not work related and do.what ever it takes to win..Here is what she said tome this adjudicator.You did say you possibly had a slow bleed over night  because you awoke with a clinched fistwhich you had to pry open that morning.There is no medical information to support you had a slow bleedor the cause of your clinched fist was related to the avm I do believe what .your recollection of this event,I have no evidence to substantiate there is a relationshipto the clinched fistand theavm that rupturedat 5am that morning.I phoned the adjudicator and said the reason you have no medical information is because you some.how forgot to mention to the doctor about my left hand .being seized shutIf you hadof mentioned this .information to him then you would have a medical opionin on the matter B ut no you feel it best to keep stringing me along ..Know I have to go see a brain surgeon to get the truth on whether or not didI have a strokewhile I was sleeping..I see the neurologist on august 20 /2012 I believe I had a stroke while.I slept thankyou for .answering my posts.
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This happened to actress Sharon Stone. As Londres70 stated, the information provided to you is factual.
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I would recommend posting in the AVM forum as well.
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He KNOWS exactly what he is talking about.  He is 100% CORRECT.  

This is NOT based on any "theoretical" basis; this is BASED on reality; a fact.    

I am not sure why you are not wanting to believe what you are being told by these physicians.  I think you need to come to terms that these physicians are telling you the truth.  

I wouldn't put all this energy into trying to question what caused your AVM to rupture.  This CAN and DOES happen SPONTANEOUSLY.....that's a FACT.....not any hypothesis or theory.  
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