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Symptoms of disease - pain after stroke

We are all familiar with the pain - whether headache, dental pain or pain in the muscles after physical load. But there is another pain that is associated with the defeat of the nerves. That is, it often becomes painful, violates human life for many months or years. This pain is called neuropathic. It occurs in 6-7 out of 100 people. Neuropathic pain can make even the most basic actions, such as, wear socks, shirt, to walk, impossible. People often don't understand what this pain and how to talk about with doctor. They can't find the words to describe it. So often, these patients do not receive adequate assistance and the right treatment.

As a neuropathic pain?

We have in the body there are millions of nerves, interacting with each other. All together they form the nervous system. Imagine lots of electric and telephone wires connecting Your brain to different parts of the body. For example, when you step onto the beach, on the hot sand, nerves, located on the sole of the foot, send a signal to the brain, telling you that You are stepping on something hot. As a result, You feel in the foot burning. Or, if You accidentally touched the exposed electrical wires, the nerves of the hand sent to the brain quick signal that You had an electric shock. But if there is damage to nerves, they begin to work correctly and send the wrong signals to the brain. So, for example, damaged nerves can inform the brain about what You came for hot or touched an electric wire. And this despite the fact that, in fact, You couldn't of had nothing has been disturbed. Nerves can be damaged as a result of many causes, such as diabetes, herpes infection, injury to the hands and feet, disorders of the spine, strokes, cancer, etc.

Many people having neuropathic pain, often do not describe their feelings as pain. On the contrary, they may tell you that they feel «a lot of needles, thorn», «points», tingling, numbness, feel the passage of electric current». Very often, the pain can be caused by something that does not normally cause of pain: a touch of clothing, bed sheets, blanket, etc. Sometimes the pain can be spontaneous and very strong. But the problem is that it is «invisible». In contrast to the injury or arthritis You don't see the cause, and it is difficult to understand - with which it is linked.

Which diseases there is pain after stroke

The characteristic pain after stroke:

About 8% of patients who have had a stroke, after some time (from 1 month up to 2 years) on the side of the patient, or in the arm and/or leg, there may be unpleasant sensations of tingling, stinging, pain in contact with cold items, «the hand is cold». Therefore, to reduce the pain after a stroke, some patients are mitten. This type of neuropathic pain is called the Central post-stroke pain. It is caused nerve damage in the brain.

Characteristic sensation when neuropathic pain
- Numbness
- Shooting pain
- Burning
- Electrical current to flow
- Tingling
- «Crawling ants»

Other problems faced by people after stroke:
There are several problems with which people may encounter in the course of the first weeks after the stroke. Most of them are allowed to the extent of recovery. In some they are stored for a long time.

Paresis and paralysis
Paresis, lack of coordination or paralysis (hemiplegia) are among the most frequent symptoms of a stroke. They are often found in one half of the body. Paresis or paralysis of an arm or leg is often accompanied by constraint (spasticity) in the muscles and joints.

Balance
Unsteadiness of gait (loss of balance) may occur when damaged, the Department of the brain, responsible for the maintenance of equilibrium. And also this may be a consequence of the palsy some muscles.

Swallowing
Difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia) have 50 percent of patients after stroke. This creates the danger of getting food to the windpipe.
In the hospital patients allowed to drink and eat, just making sure in the absence of breaches of swallowing. Some patients at some time may be required thickeners for the liquid food and help with feeding.

Fatigue and sleep disturbances
Most people experience a severe fatigue (rapid fatigability) during the first few weeks after the stroke.
Many have problems with sleep, which further increases the fatigue.

Violations of speech
Many people have problems with pronunciation and understanding of the words, as well as in reading and writing. Such violations are called dysphasia (aphasia).
If a man can't understand addressed to his speech, such violation is called touch afaziey. If he understands this, but cannot find the necessary words to answer such a violation is called mnestic aphasia. Often found mixed aphasia. Aphasia is more common when the location of a lesion in the left hemisphere of the brain. The exception is left-handed, at which the speech center is located in the right hemisphere.

Vision
Stroke may be damaged brain, which collect, process and analyze information from the authority of view. Sometimes after a stroke may appear double vision or loss of half of the field of view, when a person sees everything in one half of the field of view and did not see anything on the other.
From the conduct of such a person may seem strange (because of the loss of half of the field of view they eat food with only one half of the plates).

Perception and interpretation
There may be some difficulty in the recognition of familiar objects or their destination. Lost ordinary skills, for example, looking at his watch, man is able to tell the exact time (when the brain is not able to correctly analyze, what the eye sees).

The mental capacity of
After the stroke is often reduced capacity for understanding, learning, concentration, memory, planning, understanding and formation of the conclusions. Possible reduction of short-term memory, which creates difficulties in concentration of attention.

Bladder and intestine
The loss of arbitrary control of urination and defecation (incontinence) is not uncommon after a stroke. But most people have this ability is restored within a few weeks.

Mood swings
Emotional lability is observed quite often with stroke. From mood disorders are the most common depression, depression, anger, anxiety, low self-esteem and mistrust. Difficulties arise in the control of emotions and there may be episodes of wanton crying, swearing or laughter. Change the habits and character of the patient.

Sensations
Some people change the feeling - they can be weakened or strengthened. There may be increased sensitivity to light, color, sound. And Vice versa, can be relaxed feeling of the pain and the people do not distinguish between hot and sharp objects, which creates certain risks.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a pain after stroke

• Neurologist
• Doctor of regenerative medicine

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Do you feel hurts after stroke? You should be very careful approach to your health in general. People pay not enough attention to the symptoms of the disease and don't realize that these diseases can be critically dangerous. There are many diseases that in the beginning didn't manifest in our body, but in the end it turns out, unfortunately, it have already been treated too late. Every disease has its own specific features typical symptoms - called symptoms of the disease. Definition of symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis of diseases in general. You just need a few times a year to be screened by a doctor, not only to prevent a terrible disease, but also to maintain a healthy spirit in a body and the organism in general.

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