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Major Stroke With Bleeding Brain. Coma From Few Days With Slight Movement Eyes, Hand, Legs. Chances Of Coming Out From Coma?
Hellow my father is 68years old and had a major stroke brain bleed on the right side he is 19 days in a coma and only sometimes in the morning open his eyes and moves his hand and legs other than that no movement at all his doctor wants to do a feeding tube in the stomach and a trek in the neck to remove the ventalator from his throat should we continue the medical care or is there a chance for him to come out of the coma
Thu, 30 May 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
It is unfortunate that your father is still in coma even after three weeks after major brain hemorrhage.
To answer your query, I would need the CT scan and EEG reports. I request you to upload them.
Tracheostomy and PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) are routinely performed in similar cases and are safe procedures.
Please get back if you require any additional information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
My personal URL on this website: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My email: drsudhirkumar@yahoo.com
Thank you for posting your query.
It is unfortunate that your father is still in coma even after three weeks after major brain hemorrhage.
To answer your query, I would need the CT scan and EEG reports. I request you to upload them.
Tracheostomy and PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) are routinely performed in similar cases and are safe procedures.
Please get back if you require any additional information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
My personal URL on this website: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My email: drsudhirkumar@yahoo.com
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