Imagine a situation where a patient with a stroke is discharged home from a hospital. Medical assistance was provided in accordance with the standards. But the patient still has symptoms of cerebral insufficiency: lack of movement and sensitivity of the extremities on the one hand, dizziness and headaches, unstable blood pressure, and possible dysfunction of the pelvic organs. Some patients remain depressed, with impaired memory. And those who understand everything think with horror about staying at home, they are convinced that they now need constant care.
The doctor explains to the patient and relatives that the treatment of stroke at home will continue, recommends a diet and medicines. Further follow-up after a stroke is carried out by the local doctor in agreement with the neurologist.
The best option
The right decision is made by those who try to place the patient in the rehabilitation department. This may not be possible immediately after the hospital. The recovery process takes at least three years. Service specialists help patients calm down, gather the will for gradual exercises. Rehabilitation methods can improve speech, gradually increase the range of motion in the limbs.
Physiotherapy, exercise therapy in a group, massage, baths have a good effect. The department employs psychotherapists who help patients tune in to recovery.
Stroke treatment with folk remedies is also used in rehabilitation institutions: herbal teas and tinctures are prepared.
If you go straight home
If it is not possible to go through the rehabilitation stage in a specialized center or sanatorium, then everything you need at home should be provided. Home conditions should include:
- patient mode;
- organization of proper nutrition;
- continued medication;
- exercise therapy;
- massage of paralyzed limbs;
- the use of traditional medicine in stroke.
The patient's regime requires the attention of relatives.
- The patient should not be alone for a long time.
- Even if he does not speak well, you need to talk and talk about family news.
- The patient really needs positive emotions. You can listen to your favorite music, watch TV shows.
- It should be ensured that the sleep of a person who has had a stroke is not disturbed.
- If it is impossible to walk in a wheelchair, you need to dress the patient and ventilate the room.
Sitting and admiring nature is very beneficial.
Nutrition rules
Treatment of a stroke at home requires the obligatory observance of certain rules in the diet:
- exclude all spicy and fatty foods;
- drastically limit salt intake;
- agree on the amount of liquid with the doctor (berry and fruit juices are useful, but not carbonated drinks and coffee);
- you need to eat at least 400 g of vegetables and fruits;
- replace fried food with boiled, stewed;
- need foods rich in potassium (dried apricots, raisins, apricot juice, prunes, boiled jacket potatoes);
- sour-milk low-fat drinks without sugar, cottage cheese are required;
- include in the diet cereals cooked on water (buckwheat, oatmeal, wheat);
- eat small meals, but 6 times a day, do not overeat.
What medicines to take
In ischemic stroke, blood-thinning drugs with anticoagulant action (Thromb Ass, Fenilin, Dicoumarin, Cardiomagnyl) are prescribed. With a hemorrhagic disorder, they are contraindicated.
- Cause an increase in vascular tone: Cinnarizine, Cavinton.
- Strengthen cerebral circulation vitamins C, group B, Askorutin.
- Be sure the doctor prescribes something from the group of drugs that increase the resistance of brain cells to oxygen deficiency (Aminalon, Cerebrolysin, Glycine forte).
All medicines should be given to the patient in courses, take a break and repeat or change, depending on the doctor's recommendation.
Physical activity
Exercises are performed in a half-sitting position in bed.
With residual movements in the limbs, their strength should be developed with the help of a healthy half of the body.
- With a healthy hand, you need to bend and unbend the paralyzed one.
- With the help of a long tape, you can lift the sore leg, bend it at the knee, pull the socks towards you and vice versa.
- Small movements with the hands and feet are done in one direction or the other.
- It is recommended to practice with a soft ball smaller than the palm of your hand. Learn to squeeze it, developing muscle strength.
The meaning of exercise therapy: make the muscles "remember" the mechanism of movements
You should not quit classes even if there are no visible quick results.
How to massage
With the consequences of ischemic stroke, massage seeks to improve the blood supply to the brain. Massage of the head, collar zone is carried out. The specialist always starts with a light stroke, then presses more firmly on the patient's body. All movements should be smooth, directed from the periphery to the head.
With hemorrhagic stroke, massage is contraindicated for a long time. Paralyzed limbs are also massaged from the bottom up.
The face is massaged along the points and lines corresponding to the lymphatic vessels - from the middle to the temples.
It is best to hire a massage therapist twice a year. Then you will be sure that everything is done correctly.
Will folk remedies help?
Traditional methods of treating stroke have been known for a long time. When using them, you need to tune in for a long period.
An old folk way is known to restore memory. To do this, you need to drink a teaspoon of tincture of bitter wormwood or peony stems three times a day in half with honey. Tinctures are prepared at the rate of a spoonful of crushed dry herbs per 200 ml of alcohol. Healers consider these remedies to be sure ways to increase mental faculties.
Sage tea (a tablespoon per glass of boiling water) is infused for half an hour, it helps with speech disorders, deafness. It is not taken immediately, but a sip every hour with a break for a night's sleep.
Herbal teas replace anti-anxiety medications
Sage is added to the bathroom, the smell has a beneficial effect when inhaled.
Lemon is used to prepare not only a popular recipe (honey + garlic + lemon), but also less well-known remedies for the treatment and prevention of stroke:
- Peel half a lemon from the peel, cut finely, pour warm broth of pine needles. Leave for at least 10 hours. Keep refrigerated. It is recommended to take 1/3 cup 40 minutes before meals twice a day for a course of 2 weeks.
- Lemon-orange porridge is made from two lemons and oranges. They are twisted together with the peel in a meat grinder, a couple of tablespoons of honey are added. Take this folk remedy for stroke only in the morning before breakfast for a teaspoon.
People with stomach problems should refrain from such treatment.
Recovery of movements
To relieve paralysis, it is recommended to prepare an ointment from bay leaves: laurel leaves are ground in a mortar with pine needles, then melted butter is added to the powder and mixed well. This composition should be rubbed on the affected limbs, face (with numbness).
Oil from bay leaves: pour a pack of crushed leaves with a glass of vegetable oil, insist, shaking occasionally, for at least two months. After straining, bring it to a boil. Then they are used for rubbing into paralyzed limbs.
With ischemic stroke
Collecting pine cones and needles helps with stroke
Pine cone tincture is prepared from young cones with seeds collected in advance. Fine grind. Pour the powder from 5 cones with a glass of vodka. Infuse for 2 weeks, shake often. Strain through cheesecloth. Take one teaspoon three times a day after meals.
With hemorrhagic stroke
In the treatment of hemorrhagic stroke, baths with rosehip broth are used. But the decoction is prepared not from the usual berries, but from the roots. Baths should be taken for two months every other day.
For the treatment of dizziness in the recovery period
To get rid of dizziness, traditional medicine recommends preparing a decoction from a combination of plants:
- motherwort,
- hawthorn fruit,
- rose hips,
- meadowsweet.
Mix a tablespoon of each plant and brew with a liter of boiling water. Insist at least a day. Take ¼ cup before meals.
The use of hirudotherapy
Hirudotherapy - treatment with leeches - a proven method of recovery after a stroke. Leeches secrete biologically active substances into the blood, which are the necessary medicine.
In addition, staging in places of reflexogenic zones (neck, sacrum) helps to improve blood circulation, avoid problems of urination disorders.
It has been proven that hirudotherapy relieves cerebral edema, helps prevent recurrent cerebrovascular accidents.
Home treatment for stroke in the recovery period should be selected taking into account the tolerance of the patient. It is possible to replace one tool with another. Mandatory control of blood pressure, skin condition (absence of allergic rashes). Do not stop taking or refuse prescribed medications.
