My mom, who suffered from a left-sided stroke, was screaming for the police when they put her on this apparatus that makes her stand up. It's heartbreaking to watch, but the quicker the rehab conditioning starts the better.
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Your patient may be in rehab from anywhere from two weeks to over a month, and when released, you should have things in place at home, such as wheel chair, bedside commode, disposable diapers, disposable gloves, blood pressure kit, medical bed, transfer bench for bathing, and a gait belt to get the patient in and out of bed and into a wheelchair.
If you are the only family member, you'll need to get a power of attorney so you can handle the patient's financial affairs to get bills paid. You'll also be handling issues with the insurance company as they come up.
Essentially, you'll be wearing several hats during the healing process. And it is extremely important to get help if you cannot handle these tasks yourself because it can be extremely exhausting. http://www.caregiver.com/articles/general/care_comfort_stroke_patient.h…
The diagnosis of heart attack can be based on the symptoms, ECG and blood result.
Women often have different symptoms than men. Most frequently reported symptoms were unusual fatigue, indigestion, sleep disturbances, shortness of breath
The ECG will help you to know how much damage happened to the heart muscle and where it occurred.
When my mother had a heart attack she was in ICU for more than a week. She was non-responsive for four days, and then slowly started showing signs.
My mother is now recovering well but her memory is very poor. I repeat things continually but she keeps on forgetting. We are seeing small improvement but we have been told it may take 3 to 6 months to completely regain her full memory power.
The doctor advised us to be patient and to reply patiently even though she keeps on asking the same question again and again. They added that this memory loss is common for heart attack patients. The best suggestion is not to treat them as a patient and to make them feel free from any tension about their heart attack.
From my observations I suggest that helping them to forget about their heart disease and making them enjoy life will help them regain their memory power sooner, rather than going for special treatments and taking tablets.
Chronic severe pain and concomitant symptoms do not have to be a lifetime condition. Understand what got you to that point in your life and change your thought process accordingly. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/autonomic-neuropathy/DS00544/DSECTION=…
My eyesight has never been that good. I get an eye exam every year and they do their standard glaucoma test to measure my eye pressure. My pressure has always been great, way within normal range. However, in doing research I found that there is a "non-tension" glaucoma which affects the optic nerve but doesn't change the eye pressure.
I had been having problems seeing and when I went for my last exam, my eye pressure was normal again. However, I had done research and found a "non-tension" glaucoma that affects the optic nerve but doesn't change the eye pressure. So I insisted on more sophisticated tests, including an ophthalmoscopy. http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/ophthalmoscopy
After reviewing the films, my doctor had to admit that I was right. I was having problems because I had non-tension glaucoma with some beginning macular degeneration. I am now on some special vitamin supplements and nightly eye drops. I'm really glad that I was proactive and did my own research.
I suffered a lot of pain on my right side, without any understanding of what it could be. I noticed that when I was dehydrated, the pain was worse, and if I ate fatty foods, it was excruciating. I put off going to the doctor, because I hate hospitals, but I found that treating the gallbladder was a whole lot easier than dealing with it.
Once I understood the function of my gallbladder, it was easier to manage the pain. I found information like that at: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/MEDLINEPLUS/ency/article/001138.htm and altered my diet to include fewer fats and more fluids. However, too much water seemed to also cause an attack.
To maintain the health of your gallbladder, especially once you realize how badly you have abused it with pork, greasy and fried foods, cakes, cookies, ice cream, and all your favorite stuff, it's difficult but essential to change your diet.
With thyroid deficiency, it is important to take aggressive action against your disease until you are satisfied and well again. You may need more than hormones, such as vitamins and mitochondrial support.
There are many factors you can control by lifestyle and supplementation: Elevated C-reactive Protein, Excess LDL, Excess Insulin, Low HDL, High Glucose, Excess Triglycerides, Low Free Testosterone, Excess Fibrinogen, Excess Homocysteine, Hypertension.
You know your body better than anyone else. Even your doctors. If you still feel bad after being told nothing is wrong press your doctor to look for other causes or if they are unwilling, go to another doctor.