What are the sequelae of severe craniocerebral injury?

The health of the brain is something that people need to pay special attention to, because brain injury is a relatively serious symptom that can put the patient's life in danger at any time, and even after recovery from brain injury, there are many sequelae that need attention. Let’s take a look at the explanation of the sequelae of severe craniocerebral injury. I hope everyone can understand it.

Clinical manifestations:

1. Aphasia caused by brain trauma: Aphasia refers to the loss of language comprehension and expression ability caused by damage to the language center of the cerebral cortex. Language disorders can manifest in many forms. One person may only lose the ability to understand written language (alexia), while another may be unable to recall or name an object (anomia). Some people with anomia do not remember the correct name of an object, while others know the word but are unable to express it. Dysarthria is the inability to pronounce words clearly and accurately.

2. Agnosia due to brain trauma: Agnosia is a rare symptom in which a person can see or perceive an object but cannot associate it with the object's role and function. Agnosia occurs when a person cannot recognize familiar faces or common objects such as spoons or pencils, even though he or she can see and describe them.

3. Post-traumatic epilepsy: Post-traumatic epilepsy refers to epilepsy that occurs after brain trauma. Epileptic seizures are caused by abnormal discharges of brain neurons. 10% of patients with severe non-penetrating brain injuries and 40% of patients with penetrating brain injuries develop epilepsy, which may occur several years after the brain trauma. The type of seizure is related to the site where the abnormal discharge originates.

Life care:

1. Patients with sequelae of brain trauma should pay attention to the quietness of the room, dim the light, and reduce all interference to the patient.

2. When the patient's memory and intelligence are impaired, it is difficult for him to express his symptoms, so the symptoms are hidden, atypical and coexistent. The changes in the condition need to be observed comprehensively and carefully.

3. Do not change the original lifestyle habits of patients in the chronic stage. For example, getting up early, washing, eating, and placing items can all be done naturally. Try to encourage individuals to take care of themselves and do things they like. Enhance the patient's sense of responsibility, such as being responsible for opening and closing the doors and windows of his or her own room, cleaning the bedside table, sweeping the floor, etc., so that he or she can maintain confidence in life.

4. Maintain regularity in daily life, diet and sleep. Gradually develop good living habits.

5. Patients with mental symptoms should be careful to avoid various factors that trigger mental symptoms.

6. Provide adequate nutrition and water according to the condition of the patient, and provide nasogastric feeding or intravenous hypernutrition if necessary.