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What Is The Survival Rate For Stroke Patient With Right Side Paralyzed?

My mother is 87 years old. She was affected by a stroke about 6 months back. Got her operated but her right leg and hand got paralysed. Speech is also paralysed. Liquid food is given through rice tube. She is in bedridden condition. How long she will survive?
Mon, 15 Sep 2014
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So sorry this has happened to your mother and I wish I could give you an exact number to answer your question. Survivability in stroke patients highly depends on their baseline health status prior to the stroke and whether or not they were able to recover any function afterward. It also depends upon the amount of supportive care they've been receiving for other body systems since the stroke such as cardiovascular, GI, and renal.

Having had a stroke and being bedridden obviously opens her up to a variety of other problems which most importantly would involve her respiratory system and lungs. I can tell you that her worst enemy at this point is probably pneumonia or other respiratory ailment due to the fact she is not able to move about freely or very well in or out of the bed.

Therefore, if you wished to do anything to improve her survivability in the current state she's in you will try and mobilize her in and even out of the bed as much as possible.

I wish you the best of everything in caring for your mother. If you would like to ask me further questions directly then, please feel free to look me up directly on the PREMIUM SERVICE on this website by looking for my name (DARIUSH SAGHAFI) and then, submitting your question. I will get the questions in less than 24 hrs. and respond quickly.

Alternatively, you can find me on the internet LIVE using webcam technology and doing real live visits (either texting, audio, or video) at:

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What Is The Survival Rate For Stroke Patient With Right Side Paralyzed?

So sorry this has happened to your mother and I wish I could give you an exact number to answer your question. Survivability in stroke patients highly depends on their baseline health status prior to the stroke and whether or not they were able to recover any function afterward. It also depends upon the amount of supportive care they ve been receiving for other body systems since the stroke such as cardiovascular, GI, and renal. Having had a stroke and being bedridden obviously opens her up to a variety of other problems which most importantly would involve her respiratory system and lungs. I can tell you that her worst enemy at this point is probably pneumonia or other respiratory ailment due to the fact she is not able to move about freely or very well in or out of the bed. Therefore, if you wished to do anything to improve her survivability in the current state she s in you will try and mobilize her in and even out of the bed as much as possible. I wish you the best of everything in caring for your mother. If you would like to ask me further questions directly then, please feel free to look me up directly on the PREMIUM SERVICE on this website by looking for my name (DARIUSH SAGHAFI) and then, submitting your question. I will get the questions in less than 24 hrs. and respond quickly. Alternatively, you can find me on the internet LIVE using webcam technology and doing real live visits (either texting, audio, or video) at: www.healthtap.com/drsaghafi You can find me on that network Sunday nights 11p-3a (NEW YORK CITY Time) as well as Wed-Sat s from 3a-6a. Please STAR RATE this question if you found the information valuable.