A constantly rotating wardrobe of hoodies and shorts earned senator John Fetterman a spot on The New York Times 2022 Most Stylish list. However, what's more fascinating about the politician than his laid-back personal aesthetic may be his harrowing health journey, beginning with a life-threatening stroke in May 2022.

There are two kinds of stroke: ischemic and hemorrhagic. Fetterman had the former, which occurs when blood (and the oxygen it carries) is interrupted on its way to the brain. In his case, the interruption was due to a blood clot.

Each year, more than three-quarters of a million individuals in the United States experience strokes, with ischemic strokes accounting for 83% of the occurrences (via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ). For survivors, the side e

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