“What does a neurologist do after a stroke?”

Hi there! A neurologist evaluates the patient’s hospital records to determine what kind of stroke the person had. Two main types are ischemic and hemorrhagic. They have different treatment options. Then ultimately the neurologist and patient develop an ongoing plan to help
reduce the patient’s risk of having another stroke. This includes possibly blood thinners in the case of an ischemic stroke, cholesterol lowering medication, optimizing, blood pressure control, diabetes control if the person is diabetic, smoking cessation, as well as referring the patient to any kind of therapy they may need to help them fully recover from the stroke (physical, occupational or speech therapy, for example). These are some of the things that I can say that a neurologist would do as part of post-stroke therapy. There may be some other treatments that a neurologist may offer. These are the ones that I am aware of as a family physician.