“Uncle and aunt, doctor, thank you for curing me. I can finally go to school!” On April 15, Xiaoxin, a 7-year-old girl who was paralyzed due to intracranial hemorrhage, went through more than 6 sessions in the Rehabilitation Department of Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital. After months of recovery, he was discharged from the hospital. Seeing Xiaoxin’s cheerful smile, the medical staff who accompanied her through this period of recovery felt very happy and relieved.
One day at the end of September 2021, 7-year-old Xiaoxin suddenly had a high fever of more than 40 degrees at home, headache, vomiting, and intermittent convulsions , loss of consciousness. Due to her critical condition, Xiaoxin was transferred to the Pediatric Intensive Care Center (PICU) for treatment after her family sent her to the Emergency Pediatrics Department of Tianxinge District, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital. After examination, the child was finally diagnosed with intracranial hemorrhage and cerebrovascular malformation. Subsequently, the medical staff opened the green channel and performed emergency hematoma removal and arteriovenous malformation resection for the child. Two weeks after the operation, Xiaoxin finally regained consciousness, but the most basic motor functions such as sitting and standing, as well as daily living abilities, could not be completed. “The child is only 7 years old. What if this happens in the future.” Xiaoxin’s mother said sadly.
After discussing with the medical staff, in early October 2021, Xiaoxin was transferred to the rehabilitation treatment room of the Mawangdui District of the Provincial People’s Hospital for continued treatment. After a thorough specialist examination and precise evaluation, the medical team, led by Professor Cai Huaan, Director of Rehabilitation Medicine, Pan Li, Deputy Chief Physician, and Zuo Ruoqun, Deputy Chief Therapist, formulated a personalized rehabilitation plan for her to promote Motor ability, correction of abnormal posture, improvement of proprioception, strengthening of motor function and self-care ability in daily life are the main goals, so that children of the same age can achieve the same quality of learning and life.
In the beginning, Xiaoxin suffered from abnormal muscle tone on the left side, severe impairment of left limb movement, complete inability to sit and stand balance, and full dependence on activities of daily living. Rehabilitation therapists such as Zuo Ruoqun, Fang Jun, Yan Yuzhang and other rehabilitation therapists implemented intensive, precise and scientific rehabilitation treatments such as large and small joint mobilization techniques, muscle stretching techniques, nerve stimulation techniques, physical factor therapy, and sensory integration training. .
In order to avoid the boring treatment process, reduce Xiaoxin’s resistance to repetitive actions, and improve the treatment effect, the therapists also provide personalized and entertaining methods such as telling jokes, playing games, and guessing riddles. Rehabilitation therapy with high sexuality and compliance greatly improves Xiaoxin’s rehabilitation efficiency and treatment effect.
After more than a month of treatment, Xiaoxin’s limb motor function has been significantly improved, her muscle strength has increased, and her muscle tension has decreased. In December 2021, Xiaoxin successfully stood up. When Xiaoxin’s mother saw that she could get out of bed and stand, she sighed with tears: “After more than 2 months, I can finally get out of bed, which gives us hope for a complete recovery.”
Xiaoxin’s recovery progress in each stage affects everyone’s heart. Other patients in the ward are also very moved to see Xiaoxin’s recovery, and often encourage her and make her happy . And Xiaoxin seems to feel everyone’s love for her. Whenever someone teases her, she always smiles and compares her heart to everyone. From sitting to standing, to walking, running and jumping, Xiaoxin’s father also burst into tears when he saw the child running over and hugging him again and calling him “Dad”. The hard work pays off. Through the unremitting efforts of the rehabilitation therapists and the active cooperation of Xiaoxin and her family, Xiaoxin is currently exercising without hindrance, taking care of herself, fully recovered, and can return to school.
“Children’s rehabilitation is unfamiliar to many people, and many families often delay the best time for children’s treatment due to their lack of understanding of rehabilitation.” Director Cai Huaan introduced that, like Xiaoxin, because of illness or illness The number of children with limb paralysis due to accidental injury is increasing year by year. Although the disease is terrible, if it can be treated with scientific, precise and early rehabilitation, it can give everyone a different quality of life.
Director Cai Huaan said that if children suffer from various diseases such as encephalitis, cerebral hemorrhage, craniocerebral injury, disturbance of consciousness, spinal cord injury, swallowing disorder, and movement disorder, early interventional therapy for children’s rehabilitation is very important and necessary. Early rehabilitation can effectively prevent and improve various functional disorders of patients, promote the early recovery of brain and limb functions, reduce the burden on families and society, and enable patients to return to their families and society earlier.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Xia Sheng correspondent Zhang Weixia Zuo Ruoqun
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