How to deal with a stroke patient

General advice

There are a number of general tips that can be given to people caring for someone with a stroke, some of which are as follows:

Help the injured person to maintain his ability to perform various tasks and tasks, and provide him with the necessary support.
Provide personal care to the infected person, such as changing clothes and bathing.
Coordinating the patient's needs with health care centers, such as doctor's appointments, medications, and rehabilitation sessions.
Reducing the risk of another stroke by ensuring that the affected person receives the prescribed medications at the appropriate times and in the correct doses, and preparing healthy, low-fat food.
Refrain from smoking, and avoid exposing the infected person to passive smoke.
Encourage the injured person to exercise.
Ensure that adequate information is obtained about the nature of the affected person's health condition, and possible care methods.
Dealing with caution with the mood and emotional swings of the affected person.
Observe the signs and symptoms of depression in the affected person, and make sure to obtain the necessary health care if they appear.

Advice on the type of injury

A person suffering from a stroke may need special care, depending on the location of the stroke in the brain, and among the tips that can be given according to the type of injury, we mention the following:

The clot is in the right hemisphere of the brain

A person may suffer from paralysis in the left part of the body in the event of a stroke in the right part of the brain, in addition to the possibility of suffering from vision problems and memory loss, and ways to deal with the injured person in this case are as follows:

Avoid injuries resulting from the casualty's misjudgment of depth and distance.
Take care to prevent the injured person from falling, and reduce the risk of injury by removing sharp edges from the house.
Dealing with caution with the affected person's sensory and visual difficulties, by providing the patient's needs in an accessible area.
Reducing chaos and annoying sounds, as severe sound and visual effects negatively affect the affected person.
Helping the injured person to see the whole place by moving his head to the sides, to compensate for the loss in his field of vision and not to neglect the left side.

The clot is in the left side of the brain

A person may suffer from paralysis in the right part of the body in the event of a stroke in the left side of the brain, in addition to the possibility of suffering from speech problems and memory loss, and ways to deal with the injured person in this case are as follows: