The duration of recovery after a stroke depends entirely on the magnitude and extent of the brain damage.
Some patients recover within a few months; in others, rehabilitation may take years. A number of patients are paralyzed.
Further in the article we will tell you how to undergo medical rehabilitation of patients with stroke, what medications are used and what folk remedies can be used to restore after an attack.
General information
Rehabilitation should be done immediately as soon as the patient becomes better and he canto make at least some movements with paralyzed limbs. If the recovery does later, the process will be much more difficult.
Preparations( tablets, injections)
The first role in rehabilitation is played by medicines. They help in the elimination of brain dysfunction. Drugs are prescribed only by the attending physician. Self-selection is extremely dangerous for life, can lead to a repeated stroke.
During treatment with pharmacotherapy in the rehabilitation of patients with stroke, tablets are necessarily drunk by a course, then they take a break. The main categories of medicines include the following:
- Nootropics are drugs that affect the mental functions of the brain. Improve memory, stimulate mental activity. Among them: "Piracetam", "Noofen", "Lucets".
- Drugs that improve the blood supply to the brain : Cavinton, Pentoxifylline, Cerebrosilin, tablets that are based on aspirin.
- Drugs that improve metabolism in the brain cells of : "Cortexin", "Ceraxon", "Actovegin".
- Combined drugs - these substances consist of several drugs. They are easy to use. Tablets include: "Fezam", "Thiocetam."
Also, doctors can prescribe drugs of other categories that improve the general condition of the patient. Among the leading drugs is "Glycine" - a substance that reduces the excitability of the nervous system. Often prescribed and "Sirdalud" - a drug that eliminates muscle tension and muscle spasms. In the practice of recovery, antidepressants are also popular.
It is recommended to undergo treatment with cerebroprotectors twice a year. These drugs improve blood supply, normalize the activity of the brain. Drugs are administered only intravenously.
Supportive therapy
Therapeutic and physical culture is the most common and affordable method of restoring after a stroke. It is aimed at developing muscle tone. Gradually, the patient begins to move, walk, eat. As a result, he can fully serve himself.
There are various special simulators that will help to be rehabilitated. But it is quite possible to do without them. First exercises are done lying down, then sitting, finally, standing up. Therapeutic exercises include the following:
- The patient flexes and unbends his fingers, knees, elbows, brushes. It makes forward movements of the shoulder joints. Develops the hip joint.
- The patient sits on the bed, in a position where the legs do not hang. He alternately raises and lowers each leg. Exercise is suitable for those who have already developed joints.
- For the development of brushes the following exercise is used: a towel is hung over the bed patient. In it pass the brush and then do any movements: raise, lower, bend and unbend the brush.
- Helps to develop joint exercises with an elastic band( diameter about 40 centimeters).A ring of rubber is passed between the hands or feet, then the patients try to maximally dilute their hands or feet.
- The bent arm or leg should be carefully unbent and secured with bandages to the plank. In this condition, hold the limb to 30 minutes, then untie. This exercise helps to develop the stretch.
Exercises for speech
The main goal is to connect the nerve cells to the lost functions of .This is achieved by constant training.
- If the patient completely lost the opportunity to speak, then, firstly, you need to constantly talk with him. Outside speech will help him to speak. Especially listening to songs.
- Speech reconstruction begins by pronouncing ordinary sounds or syllables. Exercise is that the patient does not finish the end of the words, he ends them. Gradually he must finish two or three syllables. At the last stage, the person repeats rhymes and tongue twisters.
- For the development of mimic and chewing muscles, you need to do the following exercises: stick out your tongue, bite your teeth, curl your lips with a tube, lick your lips with your tongue, gently bite your upper or lower lip.
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Lessons with patients for memory recovery
In addition to medications that restore affected neurons, you must constantly train the brain. The main exercise is the development of memorization. The patient should constantly repeat and memorize poems, tongue twisters.
Helps solve arithmetic examples in the head of .Well affect the restoration of memory and board games, when the patient concentrates on one action, abstracting from external worries.
Herbs
Restoration by folk remedies is a reception of infusions, decoctions, ointments from medicinal herbs that help to restore the affected vessels. Before taking any prescription from traditional medicine, you should always consult with your doctor .Folk remedies can be combined with medications and restorative exercises.
- Mix five grams of mummy and one hundred and fifty grams of aloe juice. Dosage - twice a day on an empty stomach. Take a teaspoon of the mixture. Drink ten days, take a break for four days, then repeat the course.
- Pour a hundred milliliters of boiling water a teaspoon of dried arnica flowers. Insist for an hour, then strain. Mix two teaspoons of the medicine with warm milk. Drink for two months.
- Pour two teaspoons of dried celandine with a glass of boiling water( two hundred milliliters).Let it brew and strain. Take two teaspoons, three times a day.
- Helps to restore and collect medicinal herbs: take in equal proportion( one tablespoon) lofant flowers, hawthorn, motherwort and wild rose berries. Pour the ingredients with a liter of boiling water, leave for two hours. Dosage: Drink 100 milliliters three times a day. It is advisable to take thirty minutes before eating. The course of treatment is one month.
- Take five washed and chopped fir cones. Pour them a glass of alcohol. Insist two weeks, in a dark place. Do not forget to shake the contents occasionally. Then strain the tincture. Take it three times a day, after a meal. Dosage - on a teaspoon.
Recovery after a stroke can last a long time. Each case is strictly individual .On the success of rehabilitation depends on whether the patient can return to a normal lifestyle.
One of the most important components of success is the support and help of close people.
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