How long does it take to wake up from a coma after cerebral hemorrhage?

When a patient suffers a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, he often falls into a coma. This period is relatively important for the patient. Timely rescue may save the patient's life and reduce the patient's sequelae. However, if some patients have a large amount of bleeding and a serious condition, the coma may be longer. Such patients are also the most dangerous. How long it takes to wake up is closely related to the condition and the patient's physical condition.

How long does it take to wake up from a coma after cerebral hemorrhage?

Cerebral hemorrhage is currently one of the most serious fatal diseases among middle-aged and elderly people. It is very common for patients to fall into a coma due to cerebral hemorrhage. Patients need the careful care, encouragement and support of their families during the coma. So, how long does it usually take for a person to wake up from a coma due to cerebral hemorrhage?

Whether the patient can wake up and how long it takes to wake up depends on the severity of the patient's actual condition. The severity of cerebral hemorrhage depends on the site of bleeding, the size of bleeding, the presence or absence of serious complications, the condition of brain herniation, and whether the surgery is timely. If the injury is not serious, or the injured part is not a critical part, the time to regain consciousness will be short, otherwise it will be long. The longer the patient is in a coma, the more serious the condition, the worse the prognosis, and it may even lead to death. Generally, patients with milder brain injuries will wake up within one month, those with more severe ones will wake up within three months, and those with even more severe ones will wake up within half a year. For those who wake up after more than half a year without any obvious comorbidities (such as hydrocephalus), the possibility of the patient waking up is small.

Treatment during coma

In clinical practice, comprehensive awakening methods are often used, such as pain, proprioception, sound, light, electrical stimulation, etc., to promote awakening, and drug therapy, acupuncture, and hyperbaric oxygen play an auxiliary role (Xingnaojing, gangliosides, etc. can be considered depending on economic conditions). In addition, as long as the condition is stable, it is best to let the rehabilitation department intervene, which is very critical for the treatment of cerebral hemorrhage. For family members, in addition to cooperating with doctors in the hospital to treat brain awakening and nourishing brain cells, the most important thing is to take care of and communicate with the patients.

At the same time, attention should be paid to maintaining the patient's functions during coma. Maintaining function includes medication, nursing care, and traditional rehabilitation therapy. Drug treatment mainly aims to increase cerebral blood flow, promote central nervous system cell metabolism, and activate nerve cell drugs. Rehabilitation care is the key to maintaining the patient's survival. It is necessary to strengthen care, ensure nutrition, adopt swallowing as early as possible, and actively and patiently perform rehabilitation treatment of swallowing function. Maintaining the patient's benign limb position and performing passive activities, manipulation, acupuncture, and massage are very beneficial for preventing limb contracture and promoting the recovery of motor function and should not be ignored.

During the patient's coma, family members should actively cooperate with the doctor to treat the patient, adjust their mentality, avoid being impatient, and be patient and persistent. I wish the patient a speedy recovery.