Only Ler the Right Part of A word？This is Unilateral Neglect Caused by Acidente Vascular Cerebral - Acidente Vascular Cerebral Center

"My dad always stared to the left after his acidente vascular cerebral. As long as I stood on his right, he couldn't find where I was going. What’s wrong with him?"

This situation is likely to be the unilateral neglect after acidente vascular cerebral, which is a common symptom of acidente vascular cerebral. Unilateral neglect is one of the common complications after brain injury. Pacientes suffering from neglect may ler only the right side of the newspaper and ignore the left side, eat only from the right side his plate, or may even bump into objects on the ignored side, bringing many difficulties in daily life. Unilateral spatial neglect will affect reabilitação, we should recognize it and give appropriate tratamento.

The way to identify unilateral neglect

Observe daily behavior:

·The head and eyes are tilted to the healthy side

·Ignore the person standing on the affected side

·Miss food on the left side of plate, or do not usar the utensils on the left

The way to correct unilateral neglect in daily life

·When communicating and training with the paciente, stand on the neglected side of the paciente as much as possible to melhorar his or her attention to the affected side

·Keep the pacientes in a safe and comfortable position. Ask the paciente to do more symmetrical activities such as Bobath handshake and upper membro lifting to remind the paciente of the presence of the neglected side

·Strengthen sensory input. Apply moderate pain, warmth, and tactile stimulation were applied to the affected membro.

·Cover the healthy eye with glasses to melhorar the paciente's attention to the affected side

·Lendo training: Give the paciente non-repeated articles to ler. Mark the most marginal edge of the neglected side. Instruct the paciente to find the mark before continuing lendo each time.

·Item transfer: Transfer items from the affected side to the healthy side or from the healthy side to the affected side

·Usar the dressing mirror as posture mirror for sitting, standing, and sit-to-stand transfer training.

Pacientes with unilateral neglect have slower recuperação if they only undergo routine reabilitação tratamento. Unilateral neglect pode delay the reabilitação process of pacientes, which should be paid attention to and corrected.