Here are 5 ponits which distinguishes a stroke from a heart attack:

You may smell Phantom Smell (Medical term Phantosmia - on olfactory hallucination).

This is because stroke affects your brain. It does not happens but there is a chance that your sense of smell is affected. 

There can be number of things which you can smell. One of the most common smell is of burning toast.

Causes of stroke are:

• Spinal stroke is caused when blood flow to spine is blocked.
• Usually, it is a result of narrowing of blood vessels (arteries) which supply blood to the spinal cord.
• Narrowing of blood vessels is called atherosclerosis (caused by building up of plaque).
• Spinal Cord gets damages or even die because it doesn't receive enough nutrients, oxygen and blood.

Here are 5 difference between an aneurysm and a stroke:

A stroke patient be left alone on 2 conditions:

Hemisheric Stroke causes dysphagia.

It is often caused by strokes in the left side of the brain.

Multiple Myeloma can be fatal. It does not have a cure yet.

Overall Survival Rate:

Stage wise Survival Rate:

We have a list of 10 symptoms from which you can instantly identify if you have multiple myeloma or not.

• Malaise, Weakness
• Dehydration
• Confusion
• Kidney failure or Kidney Problems
• Hypercalcemia
• Frequent Peeing
• Anemia, Bleeding
• Severe constipation
• Spinal Cord Compression
• Severe thirst

The cost of stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma is 11,000 to 13,000 USD or 8.25 to 9.75 lakhs INR approx.

Disclaimer: This is just for information purposes, we are not promoting stem cells.

In multiple myeloma you die from the infection. This infection is due to multifactorial immunodeficiency. It is caused by the disease i.e. Multiple Myeloma itself.

You can live with smoldering myeloma for the following years:

ESR in multiple myeloma is raised because of the presence of abnormally high protein levels. ESR levels were raised in 65.3% cases of multiple myeloma. 

Multiple myeloma grows in cortical bone and bone marrow which causes generalized thinning or damage to local bone, which is known as Osteoporosis. 

The main cause of bone pain in multiple myeloma is due to soft spots in the bone or osteolytic lesions. On an x-ray it appears as holes. These spots in the bone are painful.

Any bone can be affected but most common bones which gets affected are ribs or back.

Pneumonia is most likely the cause for multiple myeloma. Except cancer there are other chronic diseases and infections which is found as a common cause of death in people with multiple myeloma.

Yes, it is hereditary and it runs in the family.

A person who is having parent or sibling with multiple myeloma has high chances of getting it than a person who do not have a family history for this.