Treatment of intracranial hypertension

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My mother often has increased intracranial pressure, often feels uncomfortable, often has fatigue symptoms, will suddenly feel dizzy and nauseous, lying in bed all day, often dare not get up, usually take a lot of medicine, there are many middle-aged and elderly people with increased intracranial pressure, how to treat and relieve? Let me share some experience with you!

Treatment of intracranial hypertension

First, the use of drugs varies with the intracranial pressure. In the acute stage, the principle is to improve the blood circulation in the ischemic area as soon as possible and promote the recovery of neurological function. Alleviate cerebral edema: Patients with large and severe infarct area can use dehydrating agent or diuretic.

Second, low molecular dextran can reduce blood viscosity and improve microcirculation in middle-aged and elderly patients with increased intracranial pressure. Diluted blood: equal volume hemodilution therapy: through intravenous bleeding, at the same time to replace the same amount of liquid; high volume hemodilution therapy: intravenous injection of liquid without blood to achieve the purpose of expansion. Thrombolysis: streptokinase, urokinase.

Third, suffering from increased intracranial pressure, usually do not worry, the disease can also use hyperbaric oxygen therapy, external counterpulsation therapy and light quantum blood therapy. Recovery period: continue to strengthen the paralytic limb function training and speech function training, in addition to drugs, can cooperate with the use of physical therapy, physical therapy and acupuncture.

matters needing attention

Due to the increase of intracranial pressure, intravenous drip of mannitol is a conventional treatment, but we must pay attention to it when injecting. For the patients with intravenous drip of mannitol, the nursing staff should patrol in time, closely observe the medication situation and effect, master the changes of the disease, observe whether the patients have the symptoms of increased or low intracranial pressure, as well as the changes of consciousness and pupil of the patients with encephalopathy, and accurately record Record the 24-hour urine volume of the patient, report the abnormal situation to the doctor immediately and deal with it in time.