Heiparesis: Injury To The Right Side Of The Body

All strokes are serious, but the severity of a stroke depends on the type of stroke and the location of the stroke in the brain. It is important for a person to know the symptoms of a stroke. The most recognizable symptom is the numbness of the body. The numbness usually occurs on one side of the body. There is also a mini-stroke called a transient ischemic attack, which occurs in the same ways as an ischemic stroke but it is temporary.

When a word or picture falls to the left of the point, the information goes to his disconnected right half brain. Joe is unable to name it but he can draw the picture with his left hand which gets its major control from the right half brain. Even though he can’t name it his left hand can draw the picture of the picture or word presented to his right half brain. In patients like Joe with split-brain syndrome the right hemisphere, acts independently of the left hemisphere and the person’s ability to make rational decisions. This can results in split consciousness whereby the left hemisphere give orders that reflect the person’s rational goals whereas the right hemisphere issues conflicting demands that reveal hidden behaviours

In many cases, strokes can be diagnosed, prevented and treatable. Symptoms of a stroke can occur quickly and may cause: sudden numbness, tingling, or weakness, or paralysis in your face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of your body. Sudden: vision changes, trouble speaking (slurred speech), confusion or trouble understanding simple statements, problems with walking or balance, severe headache. It's recommended to call a doctor or 911 even if these symptoms last for a short amount of time because a transient ischemic attack, or mini stroke may have occurred. The transient ischemic attack may be a precursor to a stroke occurring soon. Catching these symptoms can dramatically increase chances of prevention additional damage to the body (2).

The following are symptoms according to the American Red Cross Nursing Assistant text book the patient could experience: “Slurring of words, Drooping of the features on one side of the face (for example, the eyelid and the corner of the mouth), trouble seeing in one or both eyes, weakness or numbness in an arm or leg, a sudden, severe headache, dizziness or loss of balance, confusion, or a loss of consciousness, a generally ill appearance, or abnormal behavior” (Page 91). Our text book in chapter 18 calls the weakness hemiparesis and the paralysis is called hemiplegia. These are experienced on one side of the body. F.A.S.T is a great way to check

any type of damage to the left side of the head often experience these disabilities. Strokes can also cause severe issues with these parts of the brain as well (Broca’s Area vs. Wernicke’s Area).

Hemiparesis is weakness on one side of the body, such as one arm and one leg. Hemiparesis often happens after a stroke. The weakness is usually on the side of the body that is opposite from the part of the brain affected by the stroke. Hemiparesis can make it hard for you to do normal daily tasks, so you may need extra help or therapy.

Hemi spatial neglect is a condition in which patients fail to respond to stimuli on the side of the body opposite the brain injury (Myers & Blake, 2008) Neglect may be caused by injury in either brain hemisphere, however, it is more sever and persistent after a right hemisphere brain injury (Brookshire, 2015). Many deficits exist

First I feel that, it is important to understand the clinical manifestation of the different strokes. The Ischemic stroke can cause a wide range of neurologic symptoms depending on the location and the size of the effective area. Patients may present with symptoms, such as, numbness or weakness of the face, arms, legs, more so, one side of the body, changes in moody or behavior, trouble with speaking or understanding speech, visual disturbances, having difficulty in walking, dizziness or loss of balance and sudden server headaches. Hemorrhagic stroke has, also, presents with the same clinical manifestation as a Ischemic stroke, however, most patients complain of server headache.

Head injury is the most common cause for blindness, depending on how mild or severe the head injury is. A severe head injury can cause abnormal eye movement and inability to focus the eyes. Eye and vision problems are common after a brain injury, and some vision problems can be due to trauma to the eye (Everyday Health). A blow to the head can cause vitreous hemorrhage, which is when blood vessels in the eye bleed into the vitreous humor. Most vitreous hemorrhages clear up, but in some cases people are left with vision problems (Everyday Health).

Referred to (Ignatavicius and Workman, 2015b). the warning symptoms of stroke, depend upon the vascular territory involved, are five main symptoms; (1) sudden weakness, paralysis, or numbness of the face, arm and the leg on one or both sides of the body, (2) loss of speech, or difficulty speaking or understanding speech, (3) dimness or loss of vision, particularly in only one eye, (4) unexplained dizziness (especially when associated with other neurological symptoms), unsteadiness, or sudden falls, and (5)

A stroke that effects the left hemisphere will affect the Broca’s area in the frontal lobe that is where expressive speech is located or the Wernicke’s area in the temporal lobe which effects the receptive language. There can be deficits with can include paralysis on the right side of the body. Also there may be some impaired cognitive reasoning and difficulty with organizing information obtain in order to problem solve

Hemiplegia is defined as the complete loss of movement or sensation to an entire half of the body. Hemiparesis is a partial loss of sensation or movement throughout one side of the body. Both hemiplegia and hemiparesis are common after a person has had a severe stroke. According to the Center for Disease Control “Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of adult disability. About 800,000 people in the United States have a stroke each year” (Stroke Statistics, 2015). A stroke occurs when a blood vessel bursts and oxygen is not being transported to the brain properly. The Stroke Center, a leading independent information provider on strokes, states, “Stroke is the leading cause of serious, long term

In the right visual field, the word goes to the left hemisphere and is directly identified there. When a word is shown in the left visual field, it goes to the right hemisphere. From there, the word passes through the corpus callosum to be identified in the left hemisphere. Researchers have found a slight advantage in the left hemisphere in word recognition. The transferring of information from the right side of the brain to the corpus callosum and then to the left side of the brain can mix the information seen. It can result in poor identification/clarity of words shown in left hemisphere of the

Hemiplegia is a condition wherein the person lost it capability to move either one side of the body also termed as paralysis. The motor function is lost when a person suffers from a disease or injury affecting the brain (Langtree, I., 2012). According to Spinal Cord.com some common causes of hemiplegia include: “Cardiovascular problems, particularly aneurysms and hemorrhages in the brain. It may also cause by “Strokes and transient ischemic attacks (better known as TIA or mini-strokes).” (2016).

Most recently thanks a case where the brain injury transformed the patient life was studied by Etcoff’s et al., (1991). The patient in this case after a car accident suffered from a head injury which resulted as a consequence in a damage in his right temporal lobe in his visual association cortices, bilateral perietoocipital region and his left subcortical occipitotemporal (Etcoff, 1991: