Bhagyamma's husband: from tube feeding to eating again
Bhagyamma and her husband came to Bengaluru from Gundlupete. A farmer, he had a stroke while working in his fields and afterwards was fed through a tube and needed help with everything.
At a Glance
- Condition
- Stroke with swallowing difficulty (dysphagia)
- Came to SENSE Health from
- Gundlupete, after hospital treatment
- Length of stay
- About one month at the time of the video
- On admission
- Fed through a tube; needed help with everything
- Progress recorded
- Feeding tube removed; eats by mouth; lifts his left hand to drink; sits up
- Therapy included
- Swallow therapy, physiotherapy, nursing care
His story
Bhagyamma and her husband came to Bengaluru from Gundlupete. A farmer, he had a stroke while working in his fields and afterwards was fed through a tube and needed help with everything.
One month into rehabilitation at SENSE Health, the feeding tube is out and he eats by mouth again, lifts his left hand to drink, and can sit up.
Swallowing after a stroke is assessed before oral feeding is advanced, because food or fluid can enter the airway without an obvious cough. His progress came from swallow therapy and daily physiotherapy alongside nursing care, with his wife beside him throughout.
“They look after him just like a child… The hospital feels like home.”— Bhagyamma, his wife
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