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Restlessness of elderly during night

2017-07-19 07:44:31
My grandmother, 89 years old, had undergone bypass surgery in 2007 causing paralysis on her right side. After physiotherapy, she recovered but got epilepsy thrice due to which she is partially mobile now. She is on regular medicines of heart and blood thinning. Of late, she does not sleep at night, shouts and talks illogical. Please help.
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Hii At this age, medical complications are very common and as she has other medical problems, she might be having the behavioral disturbance because of that Kindly consult your regular physician for reassesment ofher medical illnesses and a psychiatrist for her behavioral disturbance and sleep

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