Stroke recovery!

When the blood supply to a part of the brain is decreased or interrupted, supply of oxygen and nutrients to brain tissue is obstructed resulting to the death of brain cells. This is known as a Stroke.

Symptoms include:

• sudden severe headache with an unknown cause.
• sudden visual problem in the eye(s)
• sudden speech problem or difficulty understanding speech
• sudden confusion
• sudden numbness or weakness of the muscles of the face, arm or leg mostly on one side of the body
• sudden dizziness
• sudden loss of balance
• sudden difficulty with co-ordination
• sudden walking difficulty

Stroke management involves  a team of health professionals (general physician or neurologist or neurosurgeon, nurses, physiotherapists,  social worker, neuro-psychologist, speech therapist, occupational therapist etc)

Rehabilitation by a neuro-physiotherapist is very important in stroke recovery.