How long does it take to recover from a cerebral hemorrhage?

Cerebral hemorrhage is a relatively serious disease with a high mortality rate and disability rate. Patients often have some complications and sequelae, among which monoplegia and hemiplegia are relatively common sequelae. After cerebral hemorrhage, rehabilitation treatment should be carried out in time. Patients should exercise moderately, avoid muscle atrophy, and maintain an optimistic attitude, which will help improve patients' self-care ability.

The main care needs of patients with cerebral hemorrhage are:

1. Absolute bed rest for 2 weeks. The head can be gently turned left and right, and excessive movement or lifting of the head should be avoided. The limbs can be turned slightly in bed once every 2 hours. There is no need to be too nervous. Urination and defecation must be done in bed. Do not get out of bed on your own to prevent accidental bleeding again.

2. Hypertension is a common cause of this disease. When taking antihypertensive drugs, you should take them on time and in fixed amounts. Do not increase or decrease the dosage at will to prevent sudden rise or fall in blood pressure, which may aggravate the condition.

3. Patients with cerebral hemorrhage need a quiet and comfortable environment. Especially within 2 weeks of onset, visits should be reduced as much as possible, and patients should maintain a calm and stable mood and avoid various negative emotional influences.

4. Inform the patient and his/her family that the patient will experience headaches of varying degrees during the course of the disease, such as swelling and pain in the head, stabbing pain, severe pain, etc. This is the most common symptom. We will provide reasonable treatment. As the condition improves, the headache will gradually disappear, so there is no need to be overly nervous. You should learn to distract yourself, such as listening to light music. If you still feel severe pain and cannot tolerate it during the treatment, please inform us in time so that the doctor can take more effective treatment methods.

5. Some patients will show symptoms of irritability and restlessness. For such patients, we will take protective measures such as restraints and bed rails to prevent patients from removing infusion tubes or gastric tubes on their own, falling out of bed, and other unnecessary accidents. Once the patient's condition stabilizes and he is no longer irritable, the restraints on the body can be removed, but the bed still needs constant care, especially for patients with air mattresses, to prevent them from falling out of bed.

6. If you stay in bed for a long time and your skin is under pressure for more than 2 hours, you are prone to bedsores and you should turn yourself over more often. Massage the pressure area and keep the skin clean and dry. Place limbs in functional positions to prevent deformities.

What are the sequelae of cerebral hemorrhage?

1. Mental and Intellectual Disabilities

Large-scale or repeatedly recurring cerebral hemorrhage accidents may leave mental and intellectual disorders: such as personality changes, pessimism, depression, mental depression, irritability, etc.

2. Aphasia: Aphasia due to sequelae of cerebral hemorrhage

1. Motor aphasia (Broca's aphasia) is characterized by the patient being able to understand what others say but unable to express his or her own ideas. The lesions involve the Broca area of ​​the dominant hemisphere and the corresponding subcortical white matter areas.

2. Sensory aphasia (Wernicke's aphasia) has no language expression disorder, but the patient cannot understand what others say, nor can he understand what he says. The patient answers questions irrelevantly and talks to himself. The lesions involve the Wernicke area of ​​the dominant hemisphere.

3. Anomia is manifested as being able to tell the purpose of an object when seeing it, but not being able to name it. The lesions involve the posterior part of the middle temporal gyrus of the dominant hemisphere or the temporo-occipital junction.