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by Steve Fields on August 20th, 2010

Most incidents of a stroke occur in the cerebrum. This portion of your brain is divided into distinct areas categorized as lobes. They include the parietal, frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes. Each section is responsible for different functions, and thus blockages within them produce different dysfunctions. If you have suffered from a stroke or blood clots while using Nuvaring please contact us for a free consultation from one of our Nuvaring lawyers. We are currently representing women throughout the United States.

Nuvaring side effects involving a stroke occurs when an embolus – in this case, a migrating blood clot – forms elsewhere in the body, and travels into a carotid artery. These arteries drain into a network of secondary artery branches, which ultimately deliver oxygen-rich blood to the various lobes of your brain. A traveling clot will migrate downstream until it forms a blockage. If this occurs, the flow of blood will become restricted, triggering side effects that reflect the associated lobe. We’ll cover these side effects in more detail below.

Left And Right Parietal Lobes

Together, the left and right sides of the parietal lobe contain the sensory cortex. This area of your brain controls many key functions, and thus a stroke that damages it can trigger several debilitating impairments. For example, you may experience a loss of sensation that presents as an inability to sense pressure, vibration, and changes in temperature.

If an embolus damages the back portion of the parietal lobe, you may have trouble distinguishing left from right, or performing calculations that were routine prior to the event. Damage to the right side might impair your ability to navigate through new places. Damage to the left side may result in an inability to understand language – in speech or written form.

There are many other dysfunctions related to this area of your brain. You may experience a loss of hand-eye coordination, reduced peripheral vision, and myriad other deficits.

Frontal Lobe

Like the parietal lobe, the frontal lobe can be divided into distinct sections based on the functions controlled by those sections. For example, injury to the front portion may result in a loss of ability to concentrate as well as persistent apathy, inattentiveness, and a loss of inhibition.

If a stroke injures the back portion of the frontal lobe, you may experience one-sided paralysis or weakness (called hemiparesis). A brain injury in the left hemisphere affects the right side of your body, and vice versa.

The middle portion of the frontal lobe is responsible for several functions, including those related to language and eye movement. Deficits in the former occasionally present as Broca’s aphasia, an impairment where the stroke survivor’s speech is labored and disjointed. The latter may present as an inability to move your eyes.

Left And Right Temporal Lobes

The left and right sides of the temporal lobe control functions associated with memory, language, hearing, emotion, and the manner in which we perceive various stimuli. If you suffer a Nuvaring stroke event that damages the left side of this lobe, you might experience a loss of memory for words and people’s names. An injury on the left side can also cause Wernicke’s aphasia, a language deficit where the survivor’s speech becomes incomprehensible. The survivor’s comprehension of others’ speech also suffers.

Damage to the right side of the temporal lobe may cause a loss of memory for faces and images. Those whom you have known for years may suddenly become unfamiliar to you.

Hearing loss, hearing sounds that do not exist (auditory hallucinations), fits of rage, and even vertigo may also present.

Occipital Lobe

This lobe controls functions related to vision. There are many ways it can present, including central visual defect, cortical blindness, hallucinations, and visual agnosia (i.e. lack of recognition for familiar objects). In some cases, survivors may experience complete blindness.

Nuvaring problems involving a stroke are varied and dependent on the location of the clot. Their severity reflects the extent of brain damage caused by a carotid arterial blockage. If you have suffered from blood clots, stroke, or other side effects, you may be able to file a claim for compensation for your injuries. Contact an experienced Nuvaring lawsuit settlements lawyer to discuss your options.