Nowadays, many women visit beauty parlors for beauty treatments. Similarly, a 50-year-old woman from Hyderabad, India also went. But in the end, it turns into a terrible nightmare of his life.

The woman was shampooing her hair while going to the beauty parlor. At that time he had a stroke. Doctors call it ‘Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome’. Meanwhile, after this incident came to the fore, many women were scared.

A case of stroke during a hair treatment at a beauty parlor may sound strange, but this is not the first time it has happened. British media The Guardian had previously published a similar story. Beauty parlor stroke syndrome was probably first reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1993.

The research paper of the American Medical Association said that five people became seriously ill while shampooing their hair at a beauty parlor. Their bodies start to go numb. Dizziness, loss of balance, and numbness of the face. Suffered a stroke in four out of five.

Meanwhile, a 50-year-old woman who suffered a stroke in Hyderabad was treated by Sudeep Kumar, a neurologist at Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad. Dr. on Twitter. Sudeep said about this incident that the woman had hypertension. Holding the head upside down in the basin while washing hair compressed the vein that supplies blood to the brain at the back of the neck. Perhaps because of this, he suffered a stroke.

Dr. According to Sudeep, this can happen inadvertently during a neck or head massage in a beauty parlor for people with vertebral hypoplasia. It can cause a stroke.

Dr. Director of Brain and Spine Surgery Department of Marengo QRG Hospital in Haryana, India about beauty parlor stroke. Tarun Sharma told Hindustan Times, Beauty parlor stroke is a rare occurrence, which can occur suddenly due to neck manipulation or wrong massage.

Dr. According to Sharma, one needs to be careful while going to the parlor for a shampoo or getting a massage. Sudden bending of the neck or hyperextension of the neck while washing hair can cause danger. Inefficient neck massage, sudden cold showers on the head and neck, and other factors can constrict the veins that supply oxygen to the brain. In very rare cases, a blood clot at the base of the head can rupture an artery and cause a major stroke.

Patients with diabetes, high blood pressure, peripheral vascular disease, brain stroke, or heart disease are at increased risk of this event. But it can also happen in healthy young adults if they are obese or heavy smokers. This stroke is different from other strokes because it originates only in the neck. – said, Dr. Sharma.

A report on ResearchGate said, ‘Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome’ is a very rare event, caused by cerebral artery dissection or vertebral artery compression. This can happen if the head position in the salon basin is not correct and if the neck is massaged inefficiently.

What to do to prevent beauty parlor strokes:

Dr. Sharma advises several precautions to avoid ‘beauty parlor stroke’. For example:

* Avoid sudden turning of the neck and excessive movement of the neck during head washing or massage in beauty parlors or salons.

* Always ensure lukewarm water while washing the head.

* People with health problems should be especially careful.