The patient is Mr. N.V.G (32 years old, Chau Thanh district, An Giang province). When taken to the hospital by his family for emergency treatment, the patient was not paralyzed in the limbs. Through careful examination, the doctor discovered that the patient had a slight collapse in the left eyelid, a slight mouth deformed, slurred speech, and most seriously, the loss of swallowing ability.
The patient was prescribed an emergency MRI scan and required paraclinical tests to find the cause. The results showed that the patient's left vertebrae artery was severely narrowed, nearly clogged, causing cerebral infarction in the lower brain - liver, leading to a complete loss of swallowing ability. After that, the doctor prescribed the use of huyetodegenerative drugs to treat the patient.
Doctor Ngo Minh Truong - Emergency Department, S.I.S Can Tho International General Hospital (who directly treats the patient) - said that previously, the treatment regimen used blood thinners for the first 4-5 hours from the time the patient had a stroke. However, according to the latest treatment regimen, the time of using blood thinners can be longer.
Doctors treated the patient according to a detailed plan. After a day of treatment, the patient was able to eat congee, drink water normally, and no longer complain. Assessing a almost complete recovery compared to the time of hospitalization.
According to doctors, usually, in typical cases of cerebral stroke, patients will have signs such as: facial deformities, weak limbs, difficulty speaking. However, in rare cases, the patient only has symptoms of difficulty swallowing, this sign is easily missed and the opportunity for treatment for recovery is lost.
Stroke can happen to anyone and at any time in life. Therefore, when there is one of the typical signs such as slurred speech, slurred speech, crooked mouth, weakness in limbs, it is necessary to quickly take the patient to a medical facility capable of treating a stroke.
People who have had prolonged headaches, diarrhea, seizures, high blood pressure, diabetes for many years, cardiovascular diseases; people who have been smoking, drinking alcohol for many years; people who are obese; people who have had a stroke; or have signs of suspecting a stroke should have a health check-up to prevent stroke as soon as possible.
In addition to maintaining a healthy lifestyle and limiting the use of alcohol and tobacco, people should pay attention to balancing their living habits, limiting being too late, and not bathing too late in cold water to protect their health.
