The human brain is designed so that the pulses of the right hemisphere controls the left side of the body and vice versa, the left - right.In normal operation the two hemispheres work in a balanced manner, complementing each other.Specific disorders arising from disease vary depending on whether a stroke has occurred on the left side or right.From the left hemisphere depends on the development of logical thinking, from the right - the imagery, emotional perception of life.Analysis of events occurring over time occurs in the left hemisphere, with subsequent synthesis to the right.Consequently, the left is characteristic of processing new information, and the rights inherent to better know the familiar.The merger of the two "I" - feelings and talking, emotional and logical and determines consciousness.
What accounts for the difficulty of diagnosing a stroke left-handed?
When there is a rupture of the vessel in the right hemisphere, there comes a stroke - paralysis of the left side.Hemisphere stroke are difficult to diagnose early because it usually remains the same patient, in contrast to the defeat of the left hemisphere stroke.As a result, it may be lost valuable time, according to neurologists, if the clinician succeeds inspect affected within three hours, it can be quickly cured, otherwise, the consequences that significantly change the quality of life, regardless of what hemisphereI had a stroke.Thus, a stroke on the left side is really difficult to diagnose and timely hospitalization, and later appointed adequate treatment.
main features of stroke on the left side
If hemispheric stroke observed the following violations:
• Left-sided paralysis of the body
• Disturbances in the function of perception / sensation
• Memory loss for the current action (preserving the memory of the past)
Strokethe left side produces a violation of spatial perception.Ill unable to correlate with a portion disappears ability evaluation form, size, speed transport is disturbed perception of his own body.Man becomes extremely complacent, he does not care mobility impairments, he quietly carries a defect, in no hurry to fix them, simply do not notice them.That is why left-handed stroke is fraught with long-term immobilization of the patient, is not seeking to restore motor functions due to inactivity, the recovery is slower than in the left hemisphere stroke.Such is the specificity of the disease, which in any case can not be taken for laziness patient.
Difficulties Against the backdrop of the perception / sensation
Patients with a distorted perception of their own body often does not feel his left arm.Sometimes there is loss of sensation, or parts of your body as a whole, there is a feeling of alienation of the left side of the body (feeling of another body).There may be a sense of emergence of several paralyzed arms or legs, instead of one with the distortion of their shape and size.A stroke on the left side creates difficulties in violation of spatial perception - such patients difficult to pass on the wheelchair, even with the most concentrated attention over quite a large doorway.They are difficult to identify visually the distance to objects, they wear the wrong clothes, missing buttons, they are forbidden to drive a car.
patients with left-sided stroke do not realize the magnitude of the disease, they observed depression accompanied by mental passivity.They are characterized by intuitive actions as a result of which they can harm not only themselves, but also people around.When caring for patients with left-sided stroke, you must warn them from actions that exceed their capabilities and involving risk.Patience, careful nursing, timely hospital treatment, exercise and time to help in the recovery and restoration of all body functions.
