apoplexy treatment

 Apoplexy

Symptoms and indications of Apoplexy

Symptoms vary according to the nature and severity of damage to the brain and may be gradual or sudden in their onset. They include loss of control over movement, numbness or tingling on one side of the body, loss of speech, mental confusion and disturbance of vision, headache, loss of consciousness, with noisy breathing. The unconscious person may appear flushed and have a slow pulse rate and the pupils of the eyes are unequally contracted. A person with symptoms of a stroke requires emergency medical treatment in hospital.

Treatments
The treatment for apoplexy would typically be to attend to the person by raising his or her head such that they are almost upright. The next step would be to help by loosening tight clothing, any strings or other binding garments. While cold water or cloths should be applied to the person’s head, the water applied to the feet should be warm. In addition to this, warm cloths should also be used on the patient’s feet. It helps to cool down the environment and ensure that the area has proper ventilation. While it might seem natural to offer water, do not attempt to do so or to offer anything until you find that the person breathes easier. After this, cold water is usually given to the person, to sip on. Remember that this is just temporary treatment and lifestyle changes would subsequently be necessary. You would be required to call emergency care without any kind of delay if you find a person to have symptoms of apoplexy. There could be various complications linked to apoplexy and one could also mistake it with another condition for apoplexy. This is why medical help and emergency care is of utmost importance when dealing with anyone experiencing such alarming symptoms. Discuss apoplexy with your doctor and do not forget to look at long term options in terms of managing this condition.

Causes and risk factors of Apoplexy

The cause of stroke is usually atherosclerosis or hardening and narrowing of the arteries, which occur with increasing age. This can result in a blockage of a small artery by a blood clot interrupting the blood flow to the brain (thrombosis). Or, there may be an embolism in which a clot or plug is carried from the heart or an artery elsewhere, via the circulation to lodge in a vessel of the brain and cause blockage. Another cause of stroke is hemorrhage of a blood vessel within the brain, causing an escape of blood into the brain tissue.