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What Can Be Done To Recover Faster From Quadraparesis?
Hello Doctor, my son aged 25 yrs had met with a road traffic accident a month ago. He had sustained head (no skull or brain injury) and cervical spine injury (edema in C4 and C5) resulting in quadraparesis with B/B involvement. Spine specialist decided to treat him conservativelly. After treating initially with Solumedrol IV for a week and physiotheraphy he had gained movement in his legs and hands but still his wrist and fingers are extremely weak and working very little. Can any thing be done to improve his recovery faster where in he would be able to return to normalcy faster?
Fri, 8 Mar 2019
Hi,
Unfortunately, there is really nothing better medication wise than the Solumedrol he has or is receiving. You've already seen the results in the legs....with time and it is very likely that the other areas of weakness will start to show improvement.
Of course, going back to work depends on what he does for a living since he did suffer a fairly significant trauma. I wouldn't push too hard on that end of things though it is obviously important. Best thing right now is to continue recovering and getting involved if possible in an aggressive 5-6 day per week program of PT/OT training....several hours daily if possible.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi,
Neurologist
Unfortunately, there is really nothing better medication wise than the Solumedrol he has or is receiving. You've already seen the results in the legs....with time and it is very likely that the other areas of weakness will start to show improvement.
Of course, going back to work depends on what he does for a living since he did suffer a fairly significant trauma. I wouldn't push too hard on that end of things though it is obviously important. Best thing right now is to continue recovering and getting involved if possible in an aggressive 5-6 day per week program of PT/OT training....several hours daily if possible.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi,
Neurologist
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