Paralysis / Stroke
Stroke is one among the major neurological disorder which can devastate some one’s life. Due to development of technological advances, now a days, we can predict the stroke up to some extent. Allopathy is very helpful when acute treatment is concerned and can prevent further damage. However, it is very poor in after stages of recovery. Ayurveda has proven medicines and can help you to make you come back to your normal or near normal life.
What is brain stroke:
A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is complete stopped or reduced, and brain tissue cannot get adequate vital supplies like oxygen and nutrients. Within few seconds, brain cells start to die as brain tissue doesn’t have any reserve oxygen. Stroke is a medical emergency condition. Early action can minimize brain damage and further complications.
How to identify that anybody is going to get stroke
Stoke gives us some hints and we should be in a position to identify as early as possible and take appropriate action. The time taken from starting of symptoms to initiation of medical treatment is very crucial as this can minimize the after damage and reduce recovery time. You may identify below mentioned symptoms.
- Confusion along with difficulty in understanding words. He replies to you in a slurred voice.
- He may develop sudden numbness, weakness in one arm or one leg or entire one side of the body. This generally most often happens one side of the body.
- Sudden onset of severe headache along with vomiting, dizziness or altered consciousness
- Loss of balance or loss coordination while walking.
Call ambulance and shift the patient as early as possible to a neuro specialty hospital or any major hospital you remember. Don’t waste time.
Causes of stroke
A stroke may be caused by a blocked artery (ischemic stroke) or the leaking or bursting of a blood vessel (hemorrhagic stroke). Some people may experience only a temporary disruption of blood flow to the brain (transient ischemic attack, or TIA) that doesn't cause permanent damage.
Ischemic stroke
About 80 percent of strokes are ischemic strokes. Ischemic strokes occur when the arteries to your brain become narrowed or blocked, causing severely reduced blood flow (ischemia).
Hemorrhagic stroke
Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel in your brain leaks or ruptures. Brain hemorrhages can result from many conditions that affect your blood vessels. These include:
- Uncontrolled high BP
- Overtreatment with anticoagulants like aspirin (ecosprin)
A less common cause of hemorrhage is the rupture of an abnormal tangle of thin-walled blood vessels (arteriovenous malformation).
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
A transient ischemic attack (TIA) sometimes known as a ministroke is a temporary period of symptoms similar to those you'd have in a stroke. A temporary decrease in blood supply to part of your brain causes TIAs, which may last as little as five minutes.
Risk factors
Many factors can increase your stroke risk. Some factors can also increase your chances of having a heart attack. Potentially treatable stroke risk factors include:
Risk factors
- Obesity and Physical inactivity
- Alcohol and cigarette habits
- High blood pressure (BP) and Diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Personal or family history of stroke, heart attack or transient ischemic attack.
Other factors associated with a higher risk of stroke include:
- Age —People age 55 or older have a higher risk of stroke than do younger people.
- Sex — Men have a higher risk of stroke than women.
Complications
A stroke can sometimes cause temporary or permanent disabilities, depending on how long the brain lacks blood flow and which part was affected. Complications may include:
- Paralysis or loss of muscle movement on one side of face, arm and leg.
- Difficulty talking or swallowing. A stroke might affect control of the muscles in your mouth and throat, making it difficult for you to talk clearly, swallow (dysphagia) or eat.
- Memory loss or thinking difficulties.
- Emotional problems. People who have had strokes may have more difficulty controlling their emotions, or they may develop depression.
- Pain. Pain, numbness or other strange sensations may occur in the parts of the body affected by stroke.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis plays a very impotent role in determine the most appropriate treatment. It needs both clinic examination by doctor and some investigations like Computerized tomography (CT) scan, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, Carotid ultrasound, Cerebral angiogram and 2D echo of heart in some cases.
Rehibition and recovery
A stroke is an event that can affect once and physical, psychological, emotional well-being. Most of the patients experience feelings of helplessness, frustration, depression.
Maintaining your self-esteem, connections to others and interest in the world are essential parts of patient’s recovery. Several strategies may help patient and his attainders, including:
- One should accept what has happened and should try to start new life.
- One should regularly go out to roam of road, however with required precautions. Should not feel ashamed or down that he/she cannot be normal or as like before the stroke. Get out of the house even if it's hard. Try not to be discouraged or self-conscious if you move slowly and need a cane, walker or wheelchair to get around. Getting out is good for you.
- Join a group of others who suffer from similar complaints.
- Let friends and family know what you need.
Ayurvedic prospect of Stroke /Paralysis
Ayurveda identified and explained about stroke 3000 years back. It named it as Pakshaghata.
The terms Paksaghata, Paksavadha and Ekanga-roga are synonyms of the same disease and are used in classical treatises in various contexts. The modem life style, dietary habits, lack of proper exercise, injudicious way of physical activities and mental stress and strain are said to have definite role in the occurrence of Paksaghata.
Ayurvedic treatment for paralysis / stroke
Pakshaghata is classified under vata vyadhis. We can treat and bring back near normal life in paralysis patients. We have to types of approaches to deal with paralysis patients. One is through medication and the other one is by panchakarma treatments. Both are complementary to each other. When and where ever it is found to be necessary, we follow that.
Medication: Ayurveda has very potent medicines to reduce the spasticity of muscles, increase the tome of hands and legs and make the person do his regular work again.
Sameerapannaga ras, Ekanga Vira ras, bruhadvat Chintamani ras, arjunarista, vata gajankusa ras, yougaraja guggulu, sahacharadi kashayam etc.
Panchakarma for paralysis
Panchakarma is a very renowned procedure to treat paralysis patients. It includes five (Pancha) procedures (karma) which can detox body and make it regain the lost strength. Among these five procedures, vasthi is the procedure of choice for paralysis patients. Various medicated oils and decoctions (kashayam) are administered as enema into rectum through anus. Only experience and qualified ayurvedic doctors can do this procedure and if someone with poor expertise attempt to do vasthi, it can cause even death.
We Aditya Multi Specialty Ayurvedic Hospital we have treated hundreds of paralysis patients with vasthi treatment and most of them regained normal to near normal life.
Along with vasthi treatment, we also do some external procedures like abhyanga, patrapottali sweda karma, sastikasali pinda sweda karma etc. to speed up the recovery.
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