What to do to avoid disability after stroke?

About 15-25% of patients after stroke must depend entirely on others. The reason is that it is too late to start rehab.

According to Associate Prof. Dr. Luong Tuan Khanh, Director of Bach Mai Rehabilitation Center, in our country, the incidence of stroke is increasing at a worrying level for both sexes and ages. Every year, about 230,000 new cases and estimated health sector costs about 48 million USD / year.

About 86% of stroke patients are treated in emergency department, active treatment, cardiovascular intervention and rehabilitation. Thanks to advanced treatment interventions applied right in the early hours, the death rate from this disease has decreased by 17% since 2013 until now.

However, the number of stroke-disabled patients tends to increase strongly, accounting for 90%, with many serious sequelae such as hemiplegia, dysphagia, speech loss, pneumonia, spasticity, impairment. memory, depression, pressure sores, .

Among them, 25-30% of patients go to self-service, 20-25% travel is difficult and need the support of others in daily activities, 15-25% must depend entirely on others.

The reason is that most stroke patients begin to rehabilitate too late (mostly after 1-2 weeks from the time of the stroke).

A study in southern hospitals in 2011 also showed that patients often leave the hospital after a week of hospitalization with 80% of them not being rehabilitated.

Stroke patients need to be guided with exercises to treat complications.(Photo: Document of neurological rehabilitation after stroke).

Associate Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Xuyen, former Deputy Minister of Health, Chairman of Vietnam General Medicine Association emphasized recovering function after a very important brain stroke.

In order to reduce the defects and complications, thereby improving the ability of independence, community integration and improving the quality of life of patients, the program "Restoration of mental function for patients after stroke. 'was officially deployed in Hanoi by the Vietnam General Medical Association and Vietnam Rehabilitation Association.

Under this program, the groups of doctors and specialized rehabilitation technicians of leading hospitals in Vietnam will go to leading rehabilitation centers in Austria for intensive training in recovery. function for patients after stroke.

This team will continue to retrain the local doctors and technicians. Qualified learners will train family members with stroke patients. It is expected that the program will organize about 100 free classes for patients' families, each class of 40-50 students.

Be careful of stroke when it is hot

The prolonged hot weather in the north of the past time made many people uncomfortable and sick. June 5 lunch in Hanoi, a case of death right on the road due to the hot sun. The cause is stroke due to thermal shock.

Regarding this, Associate Prof. Dr. Pham Nguyen Son - Deputy Director of Internal Medicine, Central Military Hospital 108 - said: 'Sunny weather has a lot of impacts on health, first is thermal shock, especially easy. met in subjects who are elderly. In the past days, we have received 2-3 cases of thermal shock in very severe condition. Hot sunshine increases, besides heat shock, for people with hypertension, they will cause high blood pressure, very easy stroke. This is also an easy disease in this weather, so people need to be careful, avoid going out on the streets when it's hot. '