viaBlackDoctor:
A ministroke is also known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA). It occurs when part of the brain experiences a temporary lack of blood flow. This causes stroke-like symptoms that resolve within 24 hours. Unlike a stroke, a TIA doesn’t kill brain tissue or cause permanent disabilities. Because 1 in 3 people who experience a TIA later experience a stroke, early treatment is essential.
Knowing the signs of a TIA or ministroke can help you get the treatment you need as early as possibl
Symptoms can include numbness or weakness in the face, arm, or leg that tends to occur on only one side of the body. Other symptoms include confusion or difficulty in speaking or understanding speech; trouble seeing in one or both eyes; difficulty with walking, dizziness, vertigo or loss of balance and coordination. Additional symptoms may include:
– Change in alertness
– Changes in feeling, including touch, pain, temperature, pressure, hearing, and taste
– Memory loss
– Trouble swallowing
– Trouble reading or writing
– Inability to recognize objects or people
– Loss of bladder or bowel control
– Clumsiness, or trouble walking
– Numbness or tingling on one side of the body
– Personality, mood, or emotional changes
– Vision problems including double vision, loss of all or part of visi
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