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Case Study Of Stroke
(From 27/4/07 To 6/5/07)
A 70 years old male, known diabetic, hypertensive & post coronary artery by pass surgery status, presented with history of weakness of right side of body & postural imbalance. He had a history of sudden onset of vomiting & weakness before 15 days & was admitted to hospital at Mumbai. MRI of brain with angiography was done & was diagnosed to have cerebrovascular stroke.
MRI Shows: Acute infarct in right posterior inferior cerebellar artery. & old ischemic lesion in left basal ganglia, corona radiata & bilateral parietal white matter.
After 1 week of stay he was discharged. At the time of discharge:-
After 1 week, he came to Amba Health Centre, with
On Examination:
At Amba Health Centre we started Ozone Therapy & Physiotherapy.
Ozone Therapy includes Major Autohaemotherapy, rectal insufflations and ear insufflations.
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Major Autohaemotherapy: with concentration of 20 – 40 micrograms/ml & flow rate of 250 ml/minutes for 10 days.
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Rectal insufflations: with concentration of 10 – 40 micrograms/ml & flow rates of 100 ml/minutes for 5 minutes up to 10 days.
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Ear insufflations: with concentration of 10 – 30 micrograms/ml & flow rates of 100 ml/minutes for 5 minutes up to only 2 days because he was feeling uncomfortable with this route.
Physiotherapy includes all coordination exercises, balance exercises, & Gait training.
After 10 days of treatment at AHC:
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Intentional tremor was reduced by 60%.
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All co-coordinative movement is improved than before by 40%.
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Romberg sign is negative.
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Able to get up from chair with ease.
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Can perform all his day to day activities without support & feeling very fresh.
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Postural imbalance was reduced.
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Gait: - Walking without support & no swaying.
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