How long it takes for a person to recover from brain stroke?
It is hard to determine the rate of recovery or the outer limit on how long the recovery will take. It depends greatly on the type of stroke, the areas of the brain affected and how quickly or what type medical treatment was received.Therapy should start as soon as is reasonably possible, the patient needs to believe that the therapy will make a difference and put effort into it. Even though the therapy might be exercising a part of the body remember that it is the brain that is healing and adapting. Just like any strenuous activity there needs to be rest between sessions. Recovery can at times plateau for weeks or months. My wife works with clients as long as they want and as long as they see progress; some are several years since they had their stroke.Hopefully you have access to local resources to help, like the Pacific Stroke Association.
Does a person ever fully recover from a brain injury?
The diagnostic answer from a Western neurological perspective in relation to closed-head injury (concussions and such, including severe ones, and strokes) is that a person with such an injury can recover to whatever degree, including nearly full or full recovery, but that all recovery must be within 18 months of the original trauma.My own experience as a life coach and qigong healer working with a number of clients like this largely confirms this, with three additional notes:The amount of effort a patient makes with appropriate mental and physical exercises, nutritional support, and coaching or therapy during those 18 months can make a huge difference.I have seen one documented case of complete recovery from a stroke within 36 hours. Doctors confirmed with an MRI that a stroke had occurred and also confirmed with extensive neurological testing that it had left absolutely no deficit. They were, to put it simply, flabbergasted. They had never seen anything like it. On the experiential side, the client was sleeping at my house when the event occurred, and we got to work with qigong energy work the moment he woke up with stroke symptoms. I believe this fast intervention and deep work prevented serious disability.I have seen some other truly exceptional cases of recovery, usually partial but significant, long after the 18 months had passed.Those facing such injuries and interested in developing a solution including holistic techniques are welcome to reach out to me for coaching through a private message on my Quora profile, with the caution that this is challenging work that takes quite a lot of dedication. Improving function after neurological damage is, in my experience, a level of work equivalent to a person without such injury training to be an Olympic athlete.
Does anyone fully recover from a traumatic brain injury?
If the brain injury is CONCUSSION or CONTUSION there is a chance of full recovery.In other types there are near total recoveries with EXPERT TREATMENT.
How long does it take a dog to recover from a head injury?
I have a small chihuahua that weighs around 3lbs. My 4yro. dropped her Tues. night and when I got to her she was just laying there unable to move, trouble breathing, and her tongue was hanging out of her mouth to one side. It took calling 5 different vets to get someone to come in after hours to see her and I think it was around an hour before we got to the office. In between that time frame she started trying to move and flung herself from the pillow she was on into my lap to get closer to me. She could also move her back legs when I touched her paws but the front legs had no movement. The vet checked her over but didn't do any xrays and told me she had some kind of head trauma. No details thats exactly what she said. She kept her over night giving her Dexamethosone, Buprenex, and Prednisolone. I got a call yesterday morning that I could pick her up. I've been told she will most likelyl make a full recovery but I'm not sure what time frame I should expect this to happen. She can now stand on all fours but not for very long and when she walks she seems to get dizzy and ends up falling all over the place. Her memory seems to be perfect as she knows everyone in the family and still goes out to potty. She doesn't seem to be in pain but she does tend to hold her neck to one side. It was really bad right after but she can straighten it out now. It just seems to get tired really fast. I guess I'm just looking to see if anyone else out there has had something like this happen so I know what to expect. I am worried about her quality of life if she doesn't improve much from now. I mean she can't walk a foot without getting dizzy and falling and that really isn't much of a life. I wouldn't put her to sleep in her condition but I am wondering if there is some type of physical therapy that I can try with her. I live in hickville with a bunch of vets that seem to care mostly for farm animals and they aren't being much help!! Thanks so much for any help or suggestions you can give me!
Question about recovery from an extremely minor skull fracture?
If you sustained the most minor of skull fractures (a very small, closed, linear, hairline fracture in an area away from any major blood vessels or nerves etc.), with no other complications such as brain injury etc., how long would it take until A) you could return to normal relaxed every day activities (such as going to the office), and B) how long until it would completely heal?
How long does it take to recover from a concussion?
It depends a lot on the severity of the concussion. If you go back too soon you are at a much higher risk of further brain injury. Brain injury, especially repeated, can cause you some huge problems down the road. Take the time to be completely better and have the docs tell you when it is safe to play.
Is there a way for a person to fully recover from a stroke?
It's going to be according to what was damaged in the brain- what areas and how badly- how soon and how much therapy a person receives, and how able they are to utilize the therapy they receive.A stroke can cause massive damage to the brains, killing whole swathes of brain tissue and, generally, neurons don't grow back. ( Page on jneurosci.org ) So, if the clot or bleed which caused the CVA (cerebral vascular accident) was big, full recovery may be impossible.If both drug and physical/occupational/speech therapies are started immediately, stroke victims can recover a surprising amount of functioning; surprising for the state in which they were brought in to the Emergency Room, anyway. Clot-busting drugs along with blood thinners help to clear away lingering debris in the brain's circulatory system and also keep a good, steady flow of blood, oxygen and nutrients in to the damaged area. That helps tremendously.The therapies mentioned above, though, are less efficacious if the damage is severe. PT, which usually focuses on physical strengthening of an affected body part and overall conditioning, and OT, which focuses on every day tasks and abilities, don't do a person who is completely right-side paralyzed much good until the brain heals a bit from the insult of the stroke. There are improvements, certainly, but until the brain starts re-routing itself around damaged areas, these therapies are mostly a holding pattern. Same with speech therapy, although it is speech, with its emphasis on cognition, which can get the ball really rolling. Real improvement starts to be seen about week 3 post CVA, with continued improvement for about 18 months. After that, a plateau is usually reached, and few people can afford to continue the intensive therapy needed to see further improvement.Two and three years later, there can be little improvement in functional abilities, although strength in musculature can help minimize deficits. I'm sorry your friend has had to go through this, and will continue with this disability for the rest of her life. The best thing you can do now is to treat her as a friend, help her when she requests it, and not allow her deficits to cause you to see her as someone to be pitied. No one gains from pity.
How Long does it Take to recover from a Concussion?
How do you know you have a concussion? It could be something worse. Only a physician can make that determination. If you want permanent brain damage and recurring problems like seizures or blindness, just keep asking for free medical advice on Yahoo instead of seeing a doctor.
Traumatic brain injury?
usually not a full recovery from a brain stem injury.. sorry