How to overcome the sequelae after a stroke?

(Mr. Phung Van Ha, residing in Bien Hoa city)

Doctor replied:

Hello!

Patients after a stroke often encounter the following problems:

- Decreased motor function such as weakness or hemiplegia, depending on the location of brain damage

- Difficulty in speaking or swallowing: patients have difficulty eating and expressing their thoughts through speech: slurred speech, stuttering, in many cases unable to speak, unclear expression...

- Cognitive disorders: patients experience dementia, difficulty thinking, reasoning, slow judgment, forgetfulness, memory loss or even amnesia

- Emotional disorders: patients often have difficulty controlling their emotions, leading to depression.

- Pain: Appears in the parts affected by a stroke. - Reduced or lost ability to take care of oneself: patients have many difficulties in daily activities and can only lie in one place if they have a severe stroke. Patients cannot sit up, stand, take care of themselves, sit unsteadily or lose balance...

Rehabilitation after a stroke restores the patient's reduced or lost functions to the maximum extent possible, enhancing the patient's remaining abilities to reduce the consequences of disability on the patient.

Your father's case is a very common sequela of stroke patients. You should take your father to a medical facility with a rehabilitation department for examination, assessment, and a specific and appropriate treatment plan to help him recover quickly!

I wish your father a speedy recovery!

Master Nguyen Nhu Giao,

Head of Rehabilitation Department, Dong Nai General Hospital