How long can you live if you can’t swallow in a brain attack?

Patients with cerebral infarction who cannot swallow can be put under the nasogastric tube, which does not affect the length of life of the patient and is mainly related to the usual care and treatment of cerebrovascular complications. The inability to swallow in cerebral infarction may be due to the infarction site in the medulla oblongata or in the luminal state of multiple cerebral infarcts with ball palsy. Treatment is mainly secondary prevention of cerebrovascular disease, and rehabilitation treatment can be provided for swallowing function, and larger hospitals have machines to exercise swallowing function. In general, acupuncture treatment can be given to pierce the pharyngeal acupuncture, that is, acupuncture Lianquan and Paralianquan, which is very beneficial for the recovery of swallowing function. The secondary prevention of cerebrovascular disease is initiated, that is, the usual oral aspirin anti-platelet aggregation treatment, the activation of statin lipid-lowering drugs to lower lipids, stabilize plaque, treat cerebrovascular disease, and prevent recurrence of cerebral infarction.