How long can one live with cerebral infarction and lung infection

Because patients with cerebral infarction are bedridden for a long time, they are very likely to develop complications such as lung infection. Caring for patients with cerebral infarction should focus on preventing lung infections, as once an infection occurs, it will pose a great danger to the patient. If a cerebral infarction patient is found to have symptoms of lung infection, he or she should be sent to the hospital for treatment in time. Antibiotics are usually used to treat the infection. Controlling the infection will not cause the patient's death.

How long can you live with cerebral infarction and lung infection?

How long a patient with cerebral infarction and lung infection can survive should be determined based on their actual individual conditions. If the patient takes scientific treatment in time and the condition is not serious, once the infection is controlled, the patient will not be at risk of death, so don't worry too much. However, some patients often miss the best time for treatment and eventually die from lung infection. For the sake of personal health, they should go to a professional hospital for treatment and never delay.

What to do if you have cerebral infarction and lung infection

Patients with cerebral infarction and lung infection need to use sensitive antibiotics that can effectively kill pathogens. If the patient's condition is very serious, glucocorticoids can be considered, but the dosage of the drug needs to be reduced after the patient's condition improves. In addition, patients need to be given lipid-lowering, blood pressure-lowering and blood sugar-lowering drugs to improve various underlying diseases. It is necessary to use anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent the body's condition from becoming more and more serious. In order to improve the patient's symptoms such as dizziness and fatigue, vasodilator drugs are also needed, such as Danshen injection, etc. This combined medication can help the patient recover as soon as possible. After discharge from the hospital, the patient should still actively do rehabilitation exercises so that they can restore normal physiological functions.

What are the symptoms of cerebral infarction?

Common symptoms: hemiplegia, hemi-numbness (loss of sensation), homonymous hemianopsia, aphasia, apraxia

1. The disease starts suddenly, often starting in one upper limb, and then within a few hours or one or two days, the symptoms of neurological dysfunction progressively affect other parts of the limb on that side.

2. Most cases are not accompanied by symptoms of intracranial hypertension such as headache and vomiting. Secondary cerebral edema that occurs within a few days after occlusion of larger arteries can worsen symptoms and lead to impaired consciousness. Severe cerebral edema can also cause the risk of fatal brain herniation.

3. Middle cerebral artery and its deep perforating branches: The most vulnerable areas are contralateral hemiplegia (severe degree), hemiplegia (loss of sensation), homonymous hemianopsia, and aphasia when the dominant hemisphere (usually the left) is affected. Apraxia occurs when the non-dominant hemisphere is affected.

4. Internal carotid artery: It can cause blindness in the ipsilateral eye. Other symptoms are often difficult to distinguish from those that occur after occlusion of the middle cerebral artery and its deep perforating branches.

5. Anterior cerebral artery: uncommon, one side can cause contralateral hemiplegia (severe in the lower limbs, mild in the upper limbs), strong grip reflex and urinary incontinence. Bilateral involvement may cause apathy, confusion, and occasionally mutism and spastic paraplegia.

6. Posterior cerebral artery: There may be homonymous hemianopsia, contralateral hemisensory loss, spontaneous thalamic pain, or sudden involuntary hemiconvulsions; alexia may be seen when the dominant hemisphere is affected.

7. Vertebral-basilar artery: eye movement paralysis, pupil abnormalities, quadriplegia, difficulty in eating and swallowing, impaired consciousness and even death.