The time for patients with cerebral infarction to recover swallowing function is related to the severity of the disease, and the swallowing function can be recovered in two weeks or so after standardized treatment for patients with mild disease; if the lesion involves the center controlling the pharyngeal muscles, it can lead to swallowing dysfunction, and the time for recovery is longer, and it often takes one year or more, and it even leaves a permanent obstacle.
If the patient’s lesion is small and the brain function is not significantly affected, after active and effective standardized treatment, the swallowing function can be restored in about two weeks, reaching the standard of cure.
If the lesion involves the center controlling the throat and the pharynx, it can lead to speech function and swallowing disorder, which is often more difficult to recover. Under the arrangement of professional doctors, nutritional supportive treatment such as gastric tube or nasal feeding should be considered, which can not only replenish the nutrients needed by the body, but also prevent the patient from asphyxiation or inhalation pneumonia.
Cerebral infarction patients with swallowing dysfunction, must actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, family members to learn the method of nasal feeding, and do a good job of daily care, in order to prolong the patient’s survival and improve the quality of patient survival.