Family care after neurosurgery Help restore the patient’s normal mood Always pay attention to the patient’s thoughts and emotions, make more explanations and comforting work, so that they can enhance their confidence to overcome the disease. Appropriate arrangements can be made for some labor within the patient’s ability according to the condition, so that the patient can feel that he or she is a useful person, and can also participate in some recreational activities appropriately. For patients with suspicion, obsessive-compulsive ideas or persecution delusions, care should be strengthened and someone should accompany them to prevent accidents such as self-injury or injury.
1, observe the efficacy of drugs and adverse reactions craniocerebral injury patients generally need to take some neurological recovery drugs, but often take may appear extrapyramidal symptoms, such as hand tremors when eating, walking steps, such as the emergence of such a situation to the hospital in a timely manner. If seizures occur in the hospital after surgery, patients should take antiepileptic drugs for a long time under the guidance of a doctor, and they need to pay attention to take the drugs on time without missing them, otherwise they may make the seizures recur. And to follow up on time and adjust the amount of medication.
During the recovery period after surgery, exercise or physical therapy can be used to promote the patient’s early self-care.
Massage and hot compresses Instruct the patient to massage the paralyzed limb with a healthy limb or help the patient to massage and apply hot compresses to promote blood circulation of the limb and prevent muscle atrophy. Note that the water temperature should not be too high when applying hot compresses to avoid burns.
3.Physical therapy According to the condition, you can go to the physical therapy department of the nearby hospital. According to the doctor’s treatment plan, ultrasonic massage instrument can be used, and also can go to the gym to do functional exercise of the limbs.
4.Language training Cranio-cerebral diseases and injuries can cause aphasia or dysphonia. When the patient’s condition improves and he/she is conscious, he/she should train the patient to recover the function. Generally speaking, the earlier the language training, the better.
If the patient has no swallowing difficulty and other accompanying symptoms, he can be given a normal diet. If there is swallowing difficulty, semi-liquid or soft food, such as noodles, porridge, cakes, etc., can be given. Dishes should be made fine, such as meat to eat minced meat, fish should be boneless, and vegetables should be finely cut. Craniocerebral injury patients generally do not need to avoid eating.
6, life care to keep the perineum clean, to scrub clean after urination and defecation, to prevent urinary tract infection. Constipation and defecation difficulties, to train regular bowel movements, and to give a diet rich in fiber. If necessary, take laxatives such as sesame oil. For those who have difficulty walking, on the one hand, give assistance, on the other hand, encourage self-exercise to prevent the patient from feeling dependent. For patients who are bedridden for a long time, special attention should be paid to skin care and prevention of complications. Keep the bedding neat and dry. Regularly turn over, pat the back, and massage and scrub the bony prominence to promote blood circulation and prevent bedsores. The room should be ventilated in summer and kept warm in winter.