[뇌졸중 재활치료] Recovery of damaged brain … 50% or more goes back to everyday life

Rehabilitation medicine is called tertiary medicine, followed by therapeutic medicine and preventive medicine. Rehabilitation refers to the restoration of the physical, mental, social and professional abilities of a person with a disability by maximizing his or her remaining function. Rehabilitation medicine also includes efforts to recognize disabilities such as concerns about remaining disabilities, to adapt to everyday life and lead a better life.

'stroke = geriatric disease & # 39; is an old term
Recently, it is common in the 30s and 40s
Rehabilitation Treatment
Optimal period of 3 ~ 6 months of onset

Center for Rehabilitation Inchang Changhyeon Hospital
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■ Treatment of Stroke and Rehabilitation to Expect to Improve
The area is stroke rehabilitation. Stroke is a cerebrovascular disease, often called a stroke. Previously, it was primarily recognized as an old disease, but recently, stroke is common in the 30s and 40s. This is due to the increased incidence of the disease. obesity, hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipemia due to lack of Western eating habits and exercise, and it has not been adequately controlled.

. Disability manifests itself in various forms: hemiplegia, gait disorders, daily difficulties, communication problems, difficulty swallowing, cognitive and behavioral problems, loss of function as a family member, depending on the site and the severity of the condition. Injury

This is the stroke rehabilitation treatment that restores lost function to the maximum to allow daily life.

In order to identify the problems caused by stroke, a diverse approach is carried out by various experts such as rehabilitation specialists, rehabilitation nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, psychotherapists, social rehabilitation workers, etc.

Many people know that the brain is not restored once it is damaged, but the brain can be restored as well as other organs. The recovery of damaged brain tissue is minimal, but there is a lot of extra space unused in the brain that can replace the brain as an extra brain when it is damaged. Rehabilitation therapy is easy to consider as a treatment that helps the recovery of the damaged brain itself and helps the extra brain to function as a damaged brain.

One in ten patients recover without rehabilitation, Even if the disability does not improve significantly, eight people in the heat can expect functional recovery if they receive rehabilitation treatment, and a rehab therapy will help most patients with stroke.

Ahn Byung-woo, director of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Daehan Hospital, said, "Although stroke is considered incurable, it is often abandoned when the disease develops.

■ Development of the central nervous system, cognitive processing, etc.

Various methods are used for the treatment of rehabilitation of stroke patients.

There is a therapy of development of the patient. central nervous system and a walking training to control and train large movements related to walking or function in the physiotherapy room, and an electrical therapy to improve the strength of the limbs 19659004] In the room. occupational therapy, occupational therapy and the daily workout to life movement are performed to enhance the functions necessary for daily living.

The Treatment of Speech Disorders such as aphasia and dysarthria (difficulty in speaking due to vocal organs) is performed. Which is a workout for the stimulation of swallowing disorder and functional recovery, and the treatment of pain using heat and electricity to control musculoskeletal pain caused by sequelae, and a good orthosis is also a kind of treatment.

Brain recovery is most active during the first 3 to 6 months after the onset of stroke, so it is very important that you receive active rehabilitation during this time. However, even after the optimal period of recovery, since there is a gradual improvement and neurological improvement, it is best to start rehab treatment as soon as possible after a stroke.

Overview of Nursing Hospital Injang Daehan

■ Clinical Experience Since the beginning of rehabilitation, it is desirable to have continuous treatment up to 2 years after the start because it will be important for functional improvement and return to everyday life.

In the rehabilitation center of Changchun Daehan Hospital, the rehabilitation program for stroke patients is mainly carried out by a rehabilitation team composed of rehabilitation medicine specialists and specialists in the field of rehabilitation. each area with many clinical experiences

Specialists, Rehabilitation Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Cognitive Therapists, Rehabilitation Social Workers, etc.

By focusing on maximizing the patient's ability to function through systematic rehabilitation, various equipment is also developed. He is equipped.

First, the flexibility and flexibility of articulation, mobility, balance, coordination and strength to increase the power used by the 'spine system and d & # 39; "Balance" (HUBER 360) can be considered. A Cognitive 3D Spatial Recognition Learning System (SIVERFIT), which displays the patient's behavior with a 3D motion recognition camera and enhances cognitive abilities and physical activity in combination with a re-education software, is also used for treatment.

"The house is different from the hospital situation, and there are many cases where the patient is discharged without careful preparation.The recovery of the patient's lost function to the maximum and future problems will be seized and the plan Rehabilitation treatment "The goal of rehabilitation therapy is to make everyday life even after returning to society."

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