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What are the effects of brain stroke? |
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2. What are the different types of brain
stroke? |
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3. What can be the Psychological impact
from brain stroke? |
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1. What
are the effects of brain stroke? |
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One
can have motor loss and/or sensory loss; some people have added problems
like loss of balance, loss of speech, disturbed Speech, loss of memory,
neglect of one side of body, pusher's syndrome. |
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In short there are
different types of brain stroke with manifestation, which are exclusive
as well as shared. |
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2. What are the different types of brain stroke? |
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Some people get transient attacks of brain stroke &
recover completely. They need good medical attention to prevent
repeated attacks.
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Some gets brain infarct due to blood clots, such
patients develop brain stroke over a period of few hours after
initial alarming signals. Expert's care is needed to take care of
emboli & clots.
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Some suffer from long standing high blood pressures
and suddenly the blood
vessel bleeds giving
sudden & complete brain stroke in no time.
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3. What can be Psychological effects of Brain Stroke? |
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Different patients react differently to brain stroke. A lot depends on the
person's personality and his education and his belief about self and life
and the family support. |
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Depression in brain stroke patients is largely because of unexpected
limitations in life arising from lost movement control and not necessarily
from stroke pathology. Therefore solution lies in solving the problem of
movement and not in antidepressant drugs. |
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Patients who have a positive attitude and are willing to work hard get
cured faster than those who have negative attitude. |
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Relatives also play a role in recovery of brain stroke. Some relatives,
who are half informed or misinformed, sometimes get carried away by quacks
and their hollow promises and do more damage to the patient than one can
gauge. |
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Some relatives are
extremely responsible and look after the patient in the right direction
under the guidance of expert and are a good support not only to the
patient but a support also to the rehabilitation team.Back
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He
must learn the DON'T'S along with DO'S. |
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He must become responsible and contribute for the self
equally actively along with the rest of the rehabilitation team. |
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He must know that he cannot be a passive recipient if
he wants a complete cure. |
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He must believe in himself and in his ability to go
through the rigorous and disciplined training to reach to the finest
recovery in shortest possible period. |
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Incorrect understanding about exercises and wrong input
to the recovering brain turns the recovery into development of
abnormal movement. |
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Pessimism about brain stroke recovery is not so
uncommon among the health professional. This must not be allowed to
become contagious to the brain stroke patients & his support system. |
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Some experts, out of ignorance announce to the patient
- "it takes time" patient waits for months & years in great
despair
when instead of normal movement what appears is the abnormal movement
making the condition permanent for the rest of his life. |
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Recovery can
continue even after years of stroke. |
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