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Stroke researcher, Dr Kathleen Vancleef, explains the importance of her research into improving the diagnosis of visual perception problems after stroke.

Comparing two treatment strategies in patients with visual problems after stroke

A stroke can affect your visual perception and your ability to interact with the space and objects around you.

About two thirds of people have vision problems after a stroke. This guide explains the different types of vision problems people can experience after a stroke and how they can be treated.

Junior Research Training Fellowship: Christine Hazelton

For stroke survivors and those at risk of stroke, a personal alarm can be an important piece of life-saving equipment. The Careline365 Alarm service helps thousands of elderly and disabled people in the UK to continue living independently at home.

Find out information on how a stroke can affect your child and what support is available. The effects and impact of stroke are different for every child.

Sometimes after a stroke, people are not able to recognise the effect that it has on them. So you may not know that you’ve lost movement in your arm or leg, for example. This is called anosognosia.

Immediately after their stroke around 30% of people have a vision problem called hemianopia – loss of vision on one side of the visual field. This leaves them with a ‘blind side’ to their right or left. This project will investigate whether a new treatment can help stroke survivors with hemianopia to manage their vision problems.

Migraines have not been shown to cause stroke, but if you have migraine with aura you have a very slightly higher risk of stroke. Learn more about the relationship between migraine and stroke.