Rehabilitation of a Cerebral Infarction Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome
10.2490/jjrmc.44.107
- VernacularTitle:脳梗塞を来した抗リン脂質抗体症候群のリハビリテーションの経験
- Author:
Yuuichirou SOGAWA
;
Yutaka SATO
;
Yuri KUDO
;
Takashi TAKEMAE
;
Akiko MIYAIRI
;
Yuki IZUMI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
antiphospholipid syndrome;
antiphospholipid antibody;
cerebrovascular disease;
cerebral infarction;
rehabilitation
- From:The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
2007;44(2):107-111
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
We experienced a difficult case which had multiple impairments caused by antiphospholipid syndrome. This disease is a thrombophilic disorder in which venous or arterial thrombosis, or both, may occur in patients with antiphospholipid antibodies (e.g. anticardiolipin antibody, lupus anticoagulant). This disease is well demonstrated as a cause of ischemic stroke in young adults. But the optimal treatment of these patients is unclear, and their prognosis is not good. Antiphospholipid syndrome causes recurrent multiple ischemic strokes, induces severe impairments and the disturbance of various higher brain functions, and shows resistance against rehabilitation. To address these difficulties we should, as rehabilitation experts, conduct chronic disease-management with the cooperation of the neurologists, and devise a rehabilitation approach that takes into consideration the nature and severity of this disease. In other words, a diversified approach, which is characteristic to rehabilitation, is no less important than medical remedies in treating antiphospholipid syndrome patients.
