A patient is admitted to the rehabilitation unit five days after having a stroke. the nurse assesses his muscle strength and determines that he has right-sided weakness. based on this assessment data, what part of the brain was injured?
There was damage to localized areas of the primary motor cortex in the left cerebral hemisphere.
Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s ability to process sugars in food. Someone with diabetes can suddenly become ill if he has an abnormal quantity of sugar in his blood, Either too low or too high.
A person’s blood sugar can drop too low if he is taking insulin and in this case he or she might have trouble walking or might feel weak or have trouble seeing clearly.
In such a situation quickly give him sugar: fruit juice, soda or any sugar and If he is unconscious, place a pinch of sugar or honey under his tongue. If still you can see an unusual behavior take him or her to a doctor.
