Affect : Stroke
- Affect
- Patients who suffer a stroke may have difficulty controlling their emotions
- Emotional responses may be exaggerated or unpredictable
- Magnified by
- Depression
- Changes in body image
- Loss of function
- Intellectual function
- Both memory and judgment may be impaired as a result of stroke
- Although impairments can occur with strokes affecting either side of brain, some deficits are related to hemisphere in which stroke occurred
- Spatial-Perceptual alterations
- Stroke on right side of brain is more likely to cause problems in spatial-perceptual orientation
- Incorrect perception of self and illness
- Unilateral neglect of affected side
- Agnosia
- Apraxia
- Elimination
- Most problems with urinary and bowel elimination occur initially and are temporary
- When a stroke affects one hemisphere of brain, prognosis for normal bladder function is excellent
