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Hole In Throat Due To Infection During Ventilator For Paralysis Stroke, Unable To Speak, On Liquid Diet. Time To Recover?

Hello Sir,

My 48 year father got paralysis stroke 4 months back. He got hole in his throght due to infection during ventilator. He is recovering now but he still cant able to speak. He is having only liquid foods through pipes now.
How much more time will take to full recovery?

Can you please brief me as we are clueless about this?
Mon, 16 Sep 2013
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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

The hole you are referring to in the throat is called tracheostomy, which is made to give ventilator an opening into trachea- the wind pipe. This is necessary in patients who require long term ventilator.

The recovery depends on the location of stroke as well as the size of brain infarct (blood clot). If you let me know the MRI brain findings, I can help you more.

The tracheostomy hole would close on its own, when the tube is removed. It takes about 7 days.

I hope it helps.

Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad
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Hole In Throat Due To Infection During Ventilator For Paralysis Stroke, Unable To Speak, On Liquid Diet. Time To Recover?

Hi, Thank you for posting your query. The hole you are referring to in the throat is called tracheostomy, which is made to give ventilator an opening into trachea- the wind pipe. This is necessary in patients who require long term ventilator. The recovery depends on the location of stroke as well as the size of brain infarct (blood clot). If you let me know the MRI brain findings, I can help you more. The tracheostomy hole would close on its own, when the tube is removed. It takes about 7 days. I hope it helps. Best wishes, Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology) Senior Consultant Neurologist Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad