..STROKE..

What is a stroke?

Today we are talking about stroke. In this article, you will learn about the problems that a person has face with stroke and  Occupational therapy  treatments for that problems

A stroke is a disease caused by a neurodegeneration in some part of the brain due to a blockage of the blood supply or a blood vessel that ruptures in one area of ​​the brain.

But for most people, the word stroke is not a familiar term. Many people refer to this disease as paralysis.

🔴 Is stroke and paralysis the one ???

     In fact, stroke and paralysis are two different conditions,  but they are interrelated. For our understanding we can explain it like this.

★ A person's brain supply may be impaired, resulting in nerve death, which can be simply referred to as a stroke.
It is an interruption of the blood flow within your brain that causes the death of brain cells.

☆ As a result of the nerve dying, a paralysis/ disfunction of his body or body part can cause paralysis.

It is loss of motor function in muscles of our body or state of being unable to act or react.

In fact, stroke is a very dangerous disease. Because it can do you so much damage in such a short time.

Stroke causes these problems.....

✅ Failure or tingling of the leg 
✅ Problems of balance 
✅ Difficulty in communication.
✅ Problems associated with memory
✅ Problems associated with appearing .

✅ Problems associated with oncology
✅ Issues related to human health
✅ And many other problems can be encountered.

(TIA) Trans Ischemic Attack

In this case, the symptoms of the stroke may show up in a short period of time.

It is advisable to seek treatment at this time as an indication that you may become seriously ill in the future.

How can we know if there is a stroke?

◾⭕ FAST ⭕◾

F ⇨ Face - pulling one of the facial muscles

A ⇨ Arm malfunction

S ⇨ Speech - speech is difficult

T ⇨ Time - If you see some of the above symptoms, you should go to the nearest hospital without wasting time.

Keep in mind, in addition to these features in general,

⭕ Weakness,
⭕ Fainting
⭕ One half of the body is down,
⭕ Impaired vision,
⭕ Severe headaches,
⭕ Thinking is lacking,
⭕ Swallowing may be impaired.

Emergency medical care is urgently needed. The longer the brain lacks oxygen, the more damage it causes.

Stroke is the most frequent cause of death after heart attacks, cancers, respiratory infections and accidents.

◾ You should go to the nearest hospital as soon as you see possible symptoms of stroke.

After a screening by a doctor, a vaccine is given only when appropriate.It reduces the risk of stroke complications.

Not every stroke patient deserves this,
The delay in transporting the patient to the hospital may further reduce the chance of receiving the vaccine.

Initial treatment and screening are done.
In order to find out the cause of the stroke and suppress them, the rehabilitation process will be initiated to minimize the disability caused by the stroke.

🔲 Physiotherapy is also used to reduce the loss of one side of the body and the hand and foot function.

🔲 Occupational therapy is done to minimize the risk of stroke, which is essential to everyday life, using hands and fingers, such as brushing teeth, dressing, eating ,toileting and writing.

#Occupational therapy for stroke🏥🏥

Occupational therapists help patients improve their sensory, cognitive and motor abilities during the post-stroke recovery period so patients can relearn valuable skills, including activities of daily living...

              

 #Examples.... 

Bathing and Grooming.🚿

Dressing and Undressing.🙆

Meal Preparation and Feeding.🥘

Functional Transfers.⛸️

Safe Restroom Use and Maintaining Continence.

Ambulation.

Memory Care and Stimulation🎀

 

With these skills, stroke survivors can return to normal life...😊😊

🔲 Treatment of speech-language pathology is also started to reduce swallowing difficulties, language comprehension, speech, pronunciation, word recall difficulties, writing and reading difficulties.

In addition, at major hospitals around the country, which have dedicated wards for stroke treatment,
 Social Services Support,
Just like psychological counseling
The family also provides advice on how to take care of a stroke patient.

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A stroke patient may have several vision problems ...

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01. Diplopia

(View as two objects)

Here the patient may see the same image or object as two images.
For some, it can be seen as two images of the same image, very clearly separated.
For some it may look like an original image and a leaked image, for others it may look like a small blur.
This varies from patient to patient depending on the severity of the disorder.

In this case,
👁️the patient is unable to hold an object at once.
👁️Inability to read newspapers
👁️It can be difficult to read time on the clock.

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02.Hemianopia

The patient appears to be only half of his normal range of symptoms. He can't see the other half.

👁️this type of  Patients are walking on one side always collide with barriers.
👁️Responding only to one side of the crowd.
👁️ When using a table, use only one side.
👁️On one side of the eatery, there are signs such as leaving food.

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03. Blurred vision

(Blurred vision.)

In this case, the patient's appearance is always in the form of a bodice. This may be just blurry or bulky. It varies from patient to patient.

👁️These people have difficulty reading newspapers and books.
👁️ Symptoms such as difficulty identifying people.

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04.Visual Intention

Visual insufficiency is a common condition associated with stroke. 'Also known as unilateral spatial neglect, this can be described as a difficulty in finding or acting on one side of the space.

👁️ In this case the patient is seen to be ignoring one side of the space.
👁️ He has always been one-sided in his dealings with the external environment and with people...

In addition to these four problems, a patient may have so many other vision problems.)
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There are a number of therapeutic treatments for the above-mentioned vision problems...

💥 Accurate detection of the above symptoms through proper testing methods
💥 Evaluate its impact on day-to-day activities through regular testing methods.
💥 Minimizing symptoms through treatment activities. (Theraputic activities)
💥  Environmental modification
💥 Adaptation
💥 New skills and method training
And other specialized occupational therapeutic methods are used.

Identifying and correcting these vision problems in the treatment of stroke, especially in rehabilitation, can have a major impact on the success of the overall rehabilitation process.

It restores the patient's lost skills and abilities and allows him to carry out his day-to-day activities independently.

It should be directed towards the treatment and rehabilitation process as well as preventing the onset of stroke.

❌Stop smoking

❌Reduce using alcohol 

❌Quit using drugs

❌Quit using fast food and beverages

❌Do daily exercises and maintain your body weight

❌Reduce salt intake

⭕Diabetes and high blood pressure are important to manage.

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Why OT s need to learn about life cycle of people

  

Why do we need to learn about the life cycle and life events of a normal person as we are Occupational therapists?

         Life varies from person to person. All human beings start their life cycle from birth. 

The main stages of the human life cycle are ;

•  pregnancy
•  infancy
•  early childhood,
•  middle childhood
•  adolescence
•  adulthood
•  middle age
•  and old age.
  

A combination of all these stages are called as “Life cycle".

The life cycle is the developmental stage that occurs during someone’s lifetime. The life cycle ends with the death of that person. In this life cycle, we all have life events.

        Life events are social experiences or change with a specific onset and course that has a psychological impact on the individual. Every person experiences thousands of life events throughout their lifetime. They differ from magnitude, duration, etc. Life events that can make changes in our lives and change the direction of our lives.

        There are three components of a life event, person, and context.

As human beings, we all practiced number of life events in our life cycle. The first day we started walking, the first day to the school, the birth of a sibling, some achievements these all are our life events. Even when we buy something when we met some person when we travel by bus are also life events. Life transitions are usually life-changing events. A life event can change the direction of our lives. They can affect our personal development.  There are 4 types of life transitions; anticipated transitions, unanticipated transitions, nonevent transitions, sleeper transitions. There are predictable life events as well as unpredictable life events. Predictable life events are that can happen in the future, they are expected. Ex: starting school life, puberty, marriage, retirement, etc. Unpredictable life events are unexpected and are not usually planned for.we don’t know that they are going to happen. Ex: Accidents, Natural disasters, Wars, Sudden illness, Injuries, Disorders, Death of a friend or relative, Life-threatening, Loss of status, bereavement, etc.                                                                                                                                          

      

As we are future Occupational Therapists, we have to deal with people with mental and physical illnesses. Some patients may have a normal life cycle but some may not. Most of them haven’t a normal life cycle. That’s why we need to learn about normal patient’s life cycle and life events. We should have the ability to understand the situation of the patient. Before understanding the abnormal life cycle of people we need to learn and we should have an idea about the normal people’s life cycle and life events.

        As future Occupational Therapists; our goal is the development of maximum occupational performance to cope with future living. If we don’t have a better idea and understanding of normal person’s life events, it is very difficult to deal with people with dysfunctions of their body parts (abnormal people).

If we have a better idea about normal people’s life cycle then we can easily identify abnormal people and we can understand their situation and their mind. It is very easy to do treatments for their illness.

         When we think about a patient who met with an accident, sometimes he/she can’t do his / her day to day activities well. There may be having difficulties in toileting, eating, washing, wearing clothes, etc. We have to make their life independent. We have to train them. So we have a better idea about their past life and normal person’s day to day life.

         We should have an ability to think roughly about their past life cycle; according to their occupation, family background, culture, social status, age, etc. That’s why we need to understand their past life cycle before we go for the treatments. That’s why qualified Occupational Therapists builds on previous learning.

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