how long does it take to recover STROKE?

Question

my bf's dad has stroke right now...he just had surgery the day b4 but still hasnt awaked yet...does anyone ever had stroke or your relatives?and the doc doesnot when he gonna awake...plz tell me if you ever been in this situation b4...thank you

Answer 1

A stroke is the sudden death of brain cells in a localized area due to inadequate blood flow. A stroke occurs when blood flow is interrupted to part of the brain. Without blood to supply oxygen and nutrients and to remove waste products, brain cells quickly begin to die. Depending on the region of the brain affected, a stroke may cause paralysis, speech impairment, loss of memory and reasoning ability, coma, or death. A stroke is also sometimes called a brain attack or a cerebrovascular accident (CVA).

You have not given sufficient details in your question. What surgery he had 2 days before. Is it for any heart problem? Without getting full and detailed informtion it is difficult to tell anything. Risk factors for stroke involve age, sex, heredity, predisposing diseases or other medical conditions, and lifestyle choices.

The following emergency treatments may be given-

Emergency treatment

Emergency treatment of stroke from a blood clot is aimed at dissolving the clot. This "thrombolytic therapy" is currently performed most often with tissue plasminogen activator, or t-PA. t-PA must be administered within three hours of the stroke event. Therefore, patients who awaken with stroke symptoms are ineligible for t-PA therapy, as the time of onset cannot be accurately determined. t-PA therapy has been shown to improve recovery and decrease long-term disability in selected patients. t-PA therapy carries a 6.4% risk of inducing a cerebral hemorrhage, and is not appropriate for patients with bleeding disorders, very high blood pressure, known aneurysms, any evidence of intracranial hemorrhage, or incidence of stroke, head trauma, or intracranial surgery within the past three months. Patients with clot-related (thrombotic or embolic) stroke who are ineligible for t-PA treatment may be treated with heparin or other blood thinners, or with aspirin or other anti-clotting agents in some cases.

Emergency treatment of hemorrhagic stroke is aimed at controlling intracranial pressure. Intravenous urea or mannitol plus hyperventilation is the most common treatment. Corticosteroids may also be used. Patients with reversible bleeding disorders, such as those due to anticoagulant treatment, should have these bleeding disorders reversed, if possible.

Surgery for hemorrhage due to aneurysm may be performed if the aneurysm is close enough to the cranial surface to allow access. Ruptured vessels are closed off to prevent rebleeding. For aneurysms that are difficult to reach surgically, endovascular treatment may be used. In this procedure, a catheter is guided from a larger artery up into the brain to reach the aneurysm. Small coils of wire are discharged into the aneurysm, which plug it up and block off blood flow from the main artery.-

Please consult your doctor and he will do the needful and also aprise you of the position. -

Answer 2

Im sorry to hear aout your dad and hope he wakes b4 long.
It depends on the severity of a stroke and how much of the brain is damaged and how well a patient follows his physio just how well a person will recover.
When part of the brain dies the person loses the ability to certain things and it is by repeted exercises that the brain finds new pathways and the person relearns to do things. Reccovery as far as possible can take a couple of years as the brain recovers and the patient relearns old skills.
My dad had a stroke some years ago and made a 95% recovery.
You should speak to your dads doctors about the prognosis for your dad.
Good Luck.

Answer 3

Depends on the severity of the stroke. My friend had a stroke in March of this year he's all better now. It took him a few months of physical therapy.

Answer 4

Recovery can be fairly quickly, a matter of days, and other never recover at all. My grandfather, although still living, is mentally retarded because of a stroke. (He still thinks I'm five years old, and my mother is sixteen.)

Answer 5

some people never do depends what damage it has done to the brain and where abouts on the brain some people are lucky some are not good luck with everything hope he gets well soon

Answer 6

It just depends.. some can recover for a week... some even longer than a year.

I just hope there was no permanent damage.

Answer 7

Please see the web pages for more details on Stroke.