67-year-old Rakhmi Karamdir, who suffered a stroke in the Turkish city of Konya, after medical intervention in the university clinic, Selchuk unexpectedly began to speak Danish, which did not use for many years, which caused surprise among his loved ones and medical personnel.
Karamdir, the father of seven children, lived for 20 years in Denmark, and then returned to Turkey, where he settled in Kong about 10 years ago.
Last week, he underwent a knee operation in the orthopedic department of the medical faculty of the University of Selchuk.
Two days after the operation, his right hand and leg suddenly weakened, and speech disturbances appeared.
After urgent diagnostics, it turned out that one of the large arteries in the left side of his brain was clogged with a thrombus.
Doctors conducted urgent angiography and deleted a blood clot.
After the procedure, the main neurological symptoms began to quickly disappear. However, the fact that Karademir began to speak Danish, which he has not used for many years was a complete surprise, especially for his wife and relatives.
Due to the inability to speak Turkish Karamir, he survived stress, and the restoration of a long-forgotten language attracted the attention of specialists.
Instant intervention helped to avoid severe consequences
Professor Haeckhan Ozdemir, Head of the Department of Neurology at the Clinic of the University of Selchuk, who conducted thrombectomy, told Anadol that surgical intervention made it possible to avoid serious complications.
A rare clinical case
Ozdemir noted that after the operation, doctors faced a rare phenomenon.
“We noticed that the patient can no longer speak Turkish, but at the same time speaks freely in a downt manner, the language that we believed, he forgot. The medical literature describes rare cases when people who speak several languages are lost, and the other is unexpectedly activated. The ability to speak at least one language after an intended this is an important advantage for subsequent rehabilitation,” explained to subsequent rehabilitation. Professor.
He added that the restoration of Turkish speech is expected in the future, and this is quite possible with appropriate therapy.
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The patient’s daughter, Moral Karademir, said that her father had not spoke in a downt manner for many years.
“When he began to speak in a dedicated manner, we were shocked. Fortunately, my sisters know this language and can communicate with it. He understands Turkish, but cannot speak. He is very upset because he believes that he lost his native language,” she said.
Rakhmi Karamer himself, through the translation of his daughter, explained the situation.
“I understand Turkish, but I can’t speak. I try to remember the words, strain my memory. I hope everything will pass soon. Danish language is in my head, but Turkish is not remembered at all,” he said.
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