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What is aphasia
A few days ago the famous actor Bruce Willis jumped into the media, as he announced that he was temporarily leaving the world of acting because he suffers from aphasia. It is a neurological disorder that directly affects the ability to communicate and is usually an indication that there may be another important health problem. In most cases, it usually occurs following suffering a stroke or brain injury. In the following article we will talk to you in a more detailed way regarding this type of disorder and how it can be treated.
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What is aphasia
Aphasia is a disorder that directly attacks a person’s ability to communicate.. In this way it can directly affect speech, language or understanding itself. The most common symptoms of aphasia are:
- Say words or phrases without any meaning.
- Substitute words for others making comprehension quite difficult.
Aphasia can have various degrees and be mild or severe. In the first case, the person speaks with some difficulty but is understood. If the aphasia is more severe, the language used by the person is not adequate and can become totally incomprehensible.
duration of aphasia
The duration of aphasia will depend largely on the severity of the disease with which it is related. In the case of suffering a mild stroke, the person may have a temporary aphasia and the same last just a few hours. As the patient recovers from the stroke, he recovers the ability to communicate.
If, on the other hand, the person suffers from a degenerative disease such as dementia, the aphasia can get worse and have serious difficulties in communicating with other people. In these cases, aphasia can progressively degenerate and the patient himself may have serious difficulties in being able to communicate.
Treatment of aphasia
The treatment will largely depend on the state of the disease with which it is related. If the brain problem is not very serious, the person may recover the ability to communicate in a short time and without the need for any treatment. However, in the vast majority of cases, the patient usually requires quite intensive language therapy in order to recover. It is not an easy process in addition to being very slow and sometimes the person cannot fully recover.
The therapy in question needs the direct work of language professionals as is the case of speech therapists. What is sought is that the person gradually recovers the language and can communicate in an optimal way. The therapy in question can be carried out individually or collectively. The important thing is to ensure that the patient can gradually recover the ability to communicate.
In the case of drugs and brain stimulation It must be said that today they are in the experimental phase and are not yet really effective when it comes to treating a neurological disorder such as aphasia.
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In short, aphasia is a type of disorder that usually occurs as a direct consequence of some more serious illness suffered by the patient in question. In the vast majority of cases, aphasia is the result of a stroke or a more serious brain problem such as dementia. When it comes to treating aphasia, the work of professionals specialized in communication and language, such as speech therapists or phoniatrists, is very important.
