Patients with cerebral thrombosis who do not open their mouths for meals may have swallowing disorders. Firstly, nasal feeding or parenteral nutritional support therapy should be given to supplement nutrients, and secondly, they can be treated by swallowing function training, compensatory methods, rehabilitation care and surgical treatment.
1. Promoting swallowing function includes oral sensory training, oral motor training, electrical stimulation, biofeedback, balloon dilatation and acupuncture treatment.
2. Compensatory methods include food adjustment, posture adjustment, eating tools, bite size adjustment and modification of the eating environment.
3. Rehabilitative care includes oral hygiene, feeding management, position management, secretion management and health guidance.
4. Surgery includes cricopharyngeal myotomy and botulinum toxin injection therapy.
At the same time, drugs that can be used for anti-platelet aggregation, stabilization of plaque, improvement of microcirculation or collateral circulation, and promotion of neurological function recovery, such as aspirin, clopidogrel, atorvastatin calcium tablets, butylphthalide, cytarabine, and so on, can also be used.
It is recommended that the patient’s family should seek medical treatment in time and standardize the treatment so as not to miss the condition.