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Old Aged, Speaking Irrelevant After Head Injury. How To Improve Her Condition?
Hi, My grand mother is 86 years old. Recently she had a small injury on her head and since then she speaks everything irrelevant. She doesn t recognize anyone. She keeps speaking as if there is something else around her and keeps describing about what she is imagining. She says she can t see properly and doesn t respond to what someone asks. Just before all this she was perfectly alright and never had a single complaint except of high blood pressure . Please suggest how we can improve her position. Currently she is admitted in a hospital and is going through some treatment
Wed, 6 Mar 2013
Hello and welcome to Healthcare Magic. Thanks for your query.
From the description of your grandmother's symptoms , it appears that she is in delirium. Now, delirium can be caused due to various reasons like brain injury, salt imbalance, dehydration and various other medical causes.
The most important thing in the management of delirium is finding the cause - because treating the cause will resolve the symptoms. I hope she has had a brain scan for the head injury and appropriate treatment measures are being taken.
In addition to the medicat management at the hospital, re-orienting her to time, place and persons, ensuring adequate hydration, setting up a confortable environment (proper lighting, comfortable bedding, avoiding too much of noise or disturbances, etc.) and re-assuring her can all help in improving her condition.
Wish you all the best.
Regards,
Dr. Jonas Sundarakumar
Consultant Psychiatrist
From the description of your grandmother's symptoms , it appears that she is in delirium. Now, delirium can be caused due to various reasons like brain injury, salt imbalance, dehydration and various other medical causes.
The most important thing in the management of delirium is finding the cause - because treating the cause will resolve the symptoms. I hope she has had a brain scan for the head injury and appropriate treatment measures are being taken.
In addition to the medicat management at the hospital, re-orienting her to time, place and persons, ensuring adequate hydration, setting up a confortable environment (proper lighting, comfortable bedding, avoiding too much of noise or disturbances, etc.) and re-assuring her can all help in improving her condition.
Wish you all the best.
Regards,
Dr. Jonas Sundarakumar
Consultant Psychiatrist
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