Stroke brain stem
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What they found to be the cause of the damage to the brain stem was that in the artery leading to her brain stem, there was a break in the wall, which led to bleeding into the tissue around it (blood clotting was being release through the break). The doctors then gave her on a blood thinner, which as of right now, has stopped the blood from bleeding into the tissue.
As my father is affected by Acute Brain Stem Infarct (Pontine Stem Stroke) which has all the vital functions like breathing, swallowing, sleeping, thinking, movements etc. He got the stroke on 2nd Mar 2012 and now he is able to breath by himself. Swallowing is not properly done, so Ryle's tube is inserted through the nose for his feed. He is not able to move and he is bed - ridden.
On 26th Mar 2013 he vomited some black particles through the Treacheostomy tube.
My husband suffered a Brain stem stroke July 2007.. At the age of 29. He is doing very well. He has had follow up MRI since. There still shows a very small spot of blood on the MRI. Each time it is smaller. Is this normal 1 year later?? Will it go away?
Also, The affects have left him with a crossed right eve. It now comes out to the center but not further? Any suggestions to retrain?
My husband had a brain stem stroke two and a half years ago. He has recovered well physically but still suffers from vertigo 24/7. This is debilitating. There appears to be no medication to help with this. Can anyone offer the hope that this vertigo may stop with time? He is unable to work because of it and gets very tired very easily, as you can imagine.
My sister (32 yr old ) had a brain stem strok on her two artries last 7 days back, she went to coma stage, next day she came to consious. She is breathing with the help of vendilator, without vendilator she is not able to breath. She can open her eyes and not able to see. She able to here the voice and able to understand but not able to talk.
Second, the cranial nerves 3-12 emerge from the brain stem. Third, the brain stem has integrative functions (it is involved in cardiovascular system control, respiratory control, pain sensitivity control, alertness, and consciousness). Thus, brain stem damage is a very serious and often life-threatening problem". Taken from http://en.wikipedia.
Hi Nags -
As Sarah mentioned, we are not doctors. The scenario you describe seems to require a level of expertise that we don't have.
sir/madam, this is regarding my uncle who recently had a brain-stem stroke. nearly after he became unconscious at home he was taken to a nearby clinic, whose doctors couldn't diagnose it and instructed for a CT scan. this was nearly 4 hrs after he became unconscious. though the report was normal and had no reference to any complication the patient remained unconscious.
1 week ago my 41 year old brother suffered a massive Ischemic Stroke in the right side of his brain stem. He has a blood clod that starts at the bottom of his right brain stem and travels about 6 inches up the right side of his brain and the clot is about 3 mm round. He also has pnemonia, AIDS, High cholesterol, alot of stress, and is a heavy smoker.
Hello,
My 66 year old mother had a cerebellar stroke 3 weeks. She was admitted to the ER with vertigo, nausea, vomiting, no balance, high blood pressure and slurred speech. The first CAT scan showed no sign of infartations or bleeding, so she was misdiagnosed with vertigo and spent the whole day at the hospital until she finally lost consciousness late in the evening. A second cat Scan revealed two stroke locations in the cerebellum.
Hi, my 29 yr. old son had a massive stroke, 2 years ago. Medical tests revealed that this was caused by blockage of the carotid artery. The entire left side of his body became paralyzed. After stroke rehabiliation, and lots of after treatment, he has made some progress. He is still unable to move the entire left arm and fingers, and his left leg. His personality has changed, although he appears to have recovered about 90% of his previous cognitive ability.
My father also had a "pons" brain stem stroke on 29th Sept 2012. He had a tracheostomy for 1 month. Now a PEG feeding tube is inserted in his stomach for giving him liquid diet. Can swallow only 2 spoons water on his own. Full paralysis is there except for head/neck movement.
Does Vital Stim really work? Is it available in India? Please share your progress thus far with us. Would really help a lotttt.
My father had an accident 1 1/2 year ago, he had brain hamrrage due that he lossed his memory, right side paralysis. is there any solution that his memory can come back?????????????????
My husband (58 years old) had a brain stem stroke January 2011 due to high blood pressure. His first symptom was he couldn't swallow. We took him to the ER, only to diagnose at first with high bp. They gave him water to drink and ice cream in the ER, which of course he aspirated. They were going to send him home, but I insisted they keep him at least overnight for observation.
Stroke happened on my left brain stem so it was explained to me the left side of the brain controls the left side of face and then crosses to the rt side of the body. Months after that I started having trouble with speech and memory. Then the rt arm/rt leg weakness. I fell in that episode and mri was done and just showed original lesion. Followed this with an EEG and found frequent seizures were occuring.
My Aunt suffered a brain stem stroke February 11, 2008. The previous NewYears' she had a brain mass removed. She really seemed great. Early on her doctor had her on blood thinner because he couldn't determine rather she was suffering fron seizures because of the mass or otherwise. Unfortunately she had a brain stem stroke after being off her blood thinner. For two weeks she was in intensive care and than she was moved to a nursing/rehabilitation center.
This facial neurological defict is because of the brain stroke. stroke can be thrombotic, embolic, hemorrhagic, hypoperfusion related etc and can affect one of the 3 central nervous system pathways like spinothalamic tract, corticospinal tract and dorsal column, symptoms include hemiplegia and muscle weakness of face, numbness, reduction in sensory and vibration sensation.
Usually unilateral, opposite side of the brain part affected.
On July 3, 2008, my 37 year old sister suffered a brain stem hemorrhage. My family was told that there was nothing that they could do to save her life. On a ventilator, she was moved to ICU where a drain was put in her brain. After a few days she regained consciousness and after a week, the ventilator was removed. She is still on a feeding tube as swallowing is delayed.
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