APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -It has been licensed for the treatment of sleep disorders. Modafinil has been tested in clinical trials to alleviate fatigue in multiple sclerosis and inpatient stroke patients with mixed results in small or incomplete studies.

Detailed explanation-2: -The physical impact of the stroke on your brain and body can trigger fatigue. In the early weeks and months after a stroke, your brain and body are healing. The rehabilitation process can involve trying to do things in a completely new way, or learning and doing exercises which can be very tiring.

Detailed explanation-3: -Apathy is a behavioral syndrome characterized by a loss of motivation that occurs in one-third of patients after stroke. Post-stroke patients with apathy suffer from greater functional impairment and demonstrate slower recovery times to normal functioning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Regarding the duration of fatigue after stroke, acute fatigue can last up to 6 months, whereas the chronic type can persist in 40% of patients after 2 years. Another study reported fatigue to be still present in one-third of patients up to 6 years after stroke onset.