Attentions To Take Care of Patient with Multiple System Atrophy

Attentions To Take Care of Patient with Multiple System Atrophy

Multiple system atrophy can damage different nerve systems that lead to different dysfunction. Pay attention to the health care of patient with multiple system atrophy so as to improve living quality and prolong patient’s life span. Currently stem cell treatment is the latest effective treatment for multiple system atrophy, which can repair the damaged nerve cells and restore function of damaged nerve systems.

1. Safety protection.

1) Prevent death by suffocation. When the patient is sleeping, relatives should pay attention to the breath times, stronger snoring, or sleep apnea syndrome, etc. If there is something abnormal occur, relatives should wake the patient up. 2) Protection to orthostatic symptom. Patients with MSA can have symptoms such as dizzy giddy, tumble, blurred vision, etc. Therefore, patients should slow down to change position so that take measures to protect head, limbs to avoid injury.

2. Physical therapy

Physical therapy is effective as a subsidiary treatment for multiple system atrophy. The basis to treat MSA is to repair the damaged nerve systems. As a important health care of patient with multiple system atrophy, physical therapy can improve orthostatic hypotension. We can increase the level of head and body when patient lies on the bed, make patient adapts fluctuation of blood pressure or wear anti-pressure clothing etc.

3. Prevent drinking water choking and swallow difficulty.

Patients should swallow food slowly and hold the breath when swallow the water to avoid choking. Try to take soft food.

4. Diet instruction

Diet instruction is also important for health care of patient with multiple system atrophy. Patient should take foods with high sodium and potassium. Drinking 2-2.5L water and make a record for daily intake water and urine volume. Patient should not take too full which can increase gastrointestinal blood flow leading to insufficient blood flow to brain. This can aggravate dizzy giddy.

5. Psychological Instruction

MSA can seriously influence patient’s living quality and make patients involved in such condition for a long time. Without effective treatment lead to more serious condition so that patient lost the confidence to against the disease. Relatives should communicate with patients well and give them confidence.

Relatives should pay attention to the above health care of patient with multiple system atrophy. Although there is no treatment that can totally get MSA treated but we can choose better treatment and health care to improve patient’s living quality and relieve their sufferings. As I mentioned, stem cell treatment is totally different from common treatment such as medicines or physical therapy, which can repair the damaged nerve cells. Therefore, nerve systems can control the body by itself.If you need help, you can send email at

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