A friend s son experienced a diabetic coma for a lenghty period before discovery, he now suffers from memory loss for the past six years. Before that is normal...any reading material to look for help??? He is in hospital rehab but the memory thing may be permanent. Prognosis seems negative...but mother wonders what if anything she can do, read, to contribute to his recovery.
Hi, Thanks for writing in. Diabetic coma might have affected his long term memory functions severely. Recovery of memory and cognitive functions takes time and the patient requires a lot of support and perseverance from friends and family. It will be nice if he can get himself in to neurological rehabilitation clinics and take intensive lessons to improve his memory and cognitive learning. He can be helped by doing crossword puzzles, reading books, playing word games and using the brain in doing tasks which require teaching concepts newly. He might not be able to get back his old memory, but he can be taught cognitive behavior therapy methods to store and process new information in his daily life. Furthermore, he should be taught few things each day and his progress in to be monitored regularly.