The new method provides a life opportunity for stroke patients

People with cerebral arterial stroke stroke have a very high risk of death, up to 90%, or leave severe sequelae such as paralysis, distortion . if not treated promptly.

MSc. Mai Duy Ton, unit of cerebrovascular treatment, Emergency Department (BV Bach Mai) said that there are many risks leading to cerebral embolism such as advanced age, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, smoking, alcoholism, obesity, diabetes, carotid stenosis . Worth mentioning, stroke not only occurs in the elderly but also tends to increase in young people, leaving severe sequelaes that make patients sick lost ability to work.

Dangerous thing of stroke due to clogged brain arteries, if not timely emergency, the risk of death is high. If you live, leave heavy sequelaes. The reason is that when the arteries are blocked (completely blocked, or almost completely due to blood clots), the brain is not provided with enough blood, causing the brain cells to not be perfused, nourished, reduced. oxygen . This process, if prolonged, will damage brain cells, even kill cells and cause severe sequelae. Therefore, the emergency time to help "clear" this switch is a vital condition to save a patient's life. However, this is very difficult due to the process of transporting patients, recognizing early signs of danger .

Often cerebral vascular patients are treated with resuscitation measures for respiratory, circulatory, blood pressure adjustment, control of blood sugar, strengthen brain circulation, use antiplatelet drugs . Currently, a new method is applied, that is, along with the above measures, patients will be given blood fibrinolysis.

This is a new method, proven in many countries around the world is very effective in dissolving blood clots, first applied at Bach Mai Hospital. The hospital emergency department has successfully treated 3 patients and they have recovered.

An effective method, but with this disease always requires a "golden time" in treatment. The patient was discovered and treated as soon as possible, this method does not rule out that factor. The best time to treat patients with hemolytic cerebral infarction is within the first 3 hours from the first symptom patient, the most effective within 1 hour. Therefore, patients need to recognize early signs of disease such as: sudden weakness or facial numbness, numbness of the hands or feet (often occurring on one side of the body), sudden disturbance of consciousness, headache of the team , losing balance . to quickly bring patients to the hospital and receive timely treatment.

It is known that treatment with fibrinolytic drugs, the average cost is 10 million / 1 vial and each patient usually only has to use a single dose. Currently, the Bach Mai emergency department is proposing the Ministry of Health and Health Insurance to consider and recognize this drug in the list covered by health insurance so that many people with this disease have access to the disease. The best treatment.