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Is There Any Treatment To Cure The Brain Injury?
My cousin tyler was in a train accident and he s in terrible shape, he has been in the hospital for 2 months but now he s a nursing home.He can t talk, can t move,can t even tell you what he s thinking. He dosent understand what your saying he can look at you and hear it and he can t eat there having to feed him with a feeding and he s lost so much weight that it don t even look like tyler anymore.. After 2 months he just now found out he had a brain injury and that were trying to get him better, his hands are bent in to wear there unreversable and he can t move is body its just mostly the muscles moving his body.So please help tyler he needs some type of better therapy to help him to make him better and there saying he s not gonna get much better i know that he can we jut=st have to believe. we need to know if theres a surgery to help him.
Thu, 30 Jan 2020
Hello,
Tyler has a brain injury which has lead all his system controls especially his movements and swallowing compromised. He may recover slowly if he is relatively young (age?). His recovery is expected slowly over the passage of time (maximum 2 years). What you need to do a moment is to make him do physiotherapy daily of whole body to avoid contractures. Feed him regularly and daily via tube to ensure he meets his feeding requirements. Keep his skin especially his genital area skin washed and cleaned or moped thrice a day. He needs to do a postural change (assisted) every 2 hours to avoid bed sores. His recovery is slow and meanwhile needs maintenance therapy, the one i mentioned. Surgery can't bring a change but yes, if there is something more correctable problem like a blocked water flow (post traumatic hydrocephalus) in his brain or a left over big clot causing pressure on rest of his brain.
Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Muhammad Faisal Bacha, Internal Medicine Specialist
Tyler has a brain injury which has lead all his system controls especially his movements and swallowing compromised. He may recover slowly if he is relatively young (age?). His recovery is expected slowly over the passage of time (maximum 2 years). What you need to do a moment is to make him do physiotherapy daily of whole body to avoid contractures. Feed him regularly and daily via tube to ensure he meets his feeding requirements. Keep his skin especially his genital area skin washed and cleaned or moped thrice a day. He needs to do a postural change (assisted) every 2 hours to avoid bed sores. His recovery is slow and meanwhile needs maintenance therapy, the one i mentioned. Surgery can't bring a change but yes, if there is something more correctable problem like a blocked water flow (post traumatic hydrocephalus) in his brain or a left over big clot causing pressure on rest of his brain.
Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Muhammad Faisal Bacha, Internal Medicine Specialist
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