Not Able To Communicate And Feed Is Through Lyres Tube?

Posted on Wed, 19 Feb 2025

Question: My mother had suffered a massive brain stroke around a year back and her left arm and leg are paralysed. Although physiotherapy is ongoing, there is hardly any improvement. She is not able to communicate and feed is through ryles tube. She is 76 years old, diabetic and heart paitent. Is there any way to help her recover

Answered by Dr. Dr. Erion Spaho (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
The rehabilitation should be multi-modal and complete.

Detailed Answer:
Hello ,

The rehabilitation after a major stroke takes time to see the results (even a couple of years).

The rehabilitation should be complete and multimodal, besides physical therapy (motor-skill exercises, range of motion therapy, mobility training, etc.), technology-assisted physical activities and cognitive and emotional activities should be part of the rehabilitation also.

These include functional electrical stimulation, robotic technology, virtual reality technology, therapy for cognitive and communication disorders, psychological evaluation and treatment, etc.

So, the rehabilitation must be complete to see if there are chances of improvement or not.

These issues should be discussed with trained and experienced medical workers that deal with rehabilitation.

Hope you found the answer helpful.

Let me know if I can assist you further.
Thanks.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj