According to doctor Au Van Khe - Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital - Facility 3, patients after stroke often face many health and psychological challenges. After experiencing a stroke, they often face impairments in movement and self-care.
Rapid and unexpected changes in health status can cause feelings of confusion, anxiety and sometimes despair.
Depression is a common problem in patients after a stroke. They may lose interest in life, lose faith in themselves and their future, feel lonely and feel hopeless. A sad mood that lasts and cannot be improved can even lead to more negative thoughts.
Depression not only affects the spirit but also affects the patient's motor recovery process. Loss of interest and willpower can reduce the ability to perform rehabilitation exercises and comply with treatment. This can lead to prolonged recovery time for motor function and increased risk of stroke recurrence.
Treatments for depression after a stroke may include using anti-depressant medications such as Western medicine or traditional medicine or non-pharmacological methods such as occupational therapy, physical therapy and rehabilitation, and psychology. therapy, acupuncture, acupressure massage, ear acupuncture...
Depression in patients after stroke affects their quality of life and ability to recover. Timely recognition and treatment of depression is important to help the patient fully recover both physically and mentally, so that the patient has confidence in the future.
