Definition:Without Language, Aphasia is a communication disorder that results from damage or injury to language parts of the brain. Aphasia does not damage the person's intelligence. People who have aphasia may have difficulty in speaking and finding the right words to complete their thoughts. They may also have problems understanding talks, reading and comprehending written words, writing words, and using numbers. Aphasia is an incapability's to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. The main causes are a cerebral vascular accident stroke or head trauma, but aphasia can also be the result of brain tumors, brain infections or neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia. The four facet of communication are auditory comprehension, verbal expression, reading and writing, and functional communication.
How it Occurs: It occurs due to damage to the left hemisphere of the brain.
How is Aphasia diagnosed: Usually, a doctor first diagnoses aphasia when treating a patient for a stroke, brain injury, or tumor. Using a chain of neurological tests, the doctor may ask the person questions. The doctor may also issue particular commands and ask the person to name different items or objects. The outcome of these tests help the doctor determine if the person has aphasia. They also help direct the severity of the aphasia. Signs and Symptoms: Incapability to comprehend language. Incapability to pronounce, not due to muscle paralysis or weakness. Incapability to speak spontaneously. Incapability to shape words. Incapability to name objects. Incapability to repeat a phrase. Imperfection verdict. Incapability to perus. Limited verbal out-turn. Enounce gibberish. Incapacity to follow or understand simple requests. Trouble in terming. Prevention of Aphasia: Aphasia is largely caused by unavoidable instances. However, some precautions can be taken to low the risk for experiencing one of the two major causes of aphasia: stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI). To decrease the probability of having an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, one should take the following precautions: Exercising regularly. Eating a healthy food, avoiding cholesterin in particular. Keeping alcohol consumption low and avoiding tobacco use, Controlling blood pressure. Move to the emergency room immediately if you begin to experience unilateral extremity (especially leg) swelling, warmth, redness, and/or tenderness as these are symptoms of a deep vein thrombosis which can lead to a stroke.
To prevent aphasia due to traumatic injury, one sure to take precautionary measures when engaging in dangerous activities such as: Wearing a helmet when operating a bicycle, motorcycle, ATV, or any other moving vehicle that could potentially be involved in an accident. Wearing a seatbelt once driving or riding in a car. Wearing right protective gear when playing contact sports, especially American football, rugby, and hockey, or refraining from such activities. Minimizing anticoagulant use (including aspirin) if at all manageable, as they increase the risk of hemorrhage after a head injury. Beside, one should always seek medical attention after sustaining head trauma due to a fall or accident. The shortly one receives medical attention for a traumatic brain injury, the less likely one is to experience long-term or severe effects
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