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How Long Does It Take To Regain Consciousness After A Blood Clot In Brain?
There was a blood clot in the left side of the brain on a patient on 24th January 2012 at 9 am. The patient gone unconscious. The patient undergone operation and the blood has been drained. She has been unconscious since then. She is in ICU and she was under ventilator and now the she some times breathes without ventilator for some time. She has no sign of involuntary movements of her body and even the eyes. She has fever now. Please advice how long it will take her to get back into senses ?
Wed, 12 Jun 2019
Hello,
Unfortunately, there is no way to give a time frame as to exactly when she may regain her normal conscious state. This is entirely dependent on the severity of the stroke.
You also state that there was a clot to the brain but at the same time blood was removed surgically so it's not clear to me whether she had an initial SUBDURAL or SUBARACHNOID hemorrhage or whether she may have had an embolic stroke which then, underwent hemorrhagic conversion and was drained due to mass effect.
In any of those cases, mental status can be affected for days or weeks on end.
The neurologist managing her case does have some tools at their disposal to assess the degree of damage to the brain.
Perhaps, a conversation with the neurologist can yield more information on when the expectation would be that she can start displaying function and higher levels of consciousness.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
Unfortunately, there is no way to give a time frame as to exactly when she may regain her normal conscious state. This is entirely dependent on the severity of the stroke.
You also state that there was a clot to the brain but at the same time blood was removed surgically so it's not clear to me whether she had an initial SUBDURAL or SUBARACHNOID hemorrhage or whether she may have had an embolic stroke which then, underwent hemorrhagic conversion and was drained due to mass effect.
In any of those cases, mental status can be affected for days or weeks on end.
The neurologist managing her case does have some tools at their disposal to assess the degree of damage to the brain.
Perhaps, a conversation with the neurologist can yield more information on when the expectation would be that she can start displaying function and higher levels of consciousness.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
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