Mini Stroke
Posted by Owen Jones in Uncategorized, tags: diet, disease, elderly care, family, fitness, health, illness, medicine, other, stroke.cholesterol, surgery, therapy, Uncategorized, unclassifiedThe medical name for a mini stroke is quite a mouthful - a Transient Ischemic Attack. This occurs when a blood vessel supplying an area of the brain becomes blocked with a particle, often a platelet of cholesterol.
Depending on where that platelet becomes lodged, and so depending on which part of the brain is starved of nutrients and oxygen, the damage may be very serious or just go unnoticed. Unnoticed by the patient’s conscious mind, but maybe damage is still being done,
At the very least, mini strokes or TIA’s are a warning that your blood contains harmful substances, normally fat or cholesterol. A TIA is a ‘call to action’; a warning that you had better work on your diet, do more exercise and go see your medical doctor straight away.
Medication will disperse the plaque or platelets that are already there in your blood and a healthy diet and more exercise will prevent more from forming. Blood clots are another cause of (mini) strokes.
Blood clots usually form in other regions of the body, but flow fairly freely through the large arteries until they get to the narrow blood vessels in the brain, which they cannot pass through. They become lodged in the opening causing a blockage.
Long-haul flights are often blamed for deep vein thrombosis or the creation of blood clots, often in the legs. These clots then find their way to the brain where they may kill or cause great, often permanent, harm. Or they could result in a mini stroke that goes unnoticed. It is all down to luck where is becomes lodged.
it is thought that any form of stroke causes damage even if that injury is not easily perceived, since different areas of the brain control different areas or organs of the body. If a blockage occurs in the part that controls the liver, it might stop working to some level and you may not notice for quite a time.
It is a very wise thing to be able to recognize the indications of a mini stroke. However, this is simpler said than done. lots of mini strokes occur at night, while you are asleep.
They do also occur during the day obviously and the indications might be tingling in one part of the body. Or you may get the opposite effect, a numbness. Many sufferers say that they experienced blurred vision. These indications might just last a few minutes.
Frequently these symptoms are blamed on other causes such as tiredness, too much TV, too much computer, sitting in one position too long or merely not having had enough exercise that day. And these could well be reasons for the sensation, which makes it very difficult to know.
There are more obvious signs as well such as dizziness or confusion; not being understand what people are saying to you; not being able to speak or speaking in a slurred voice.
Any of these symptoms should be reported to a doctor instantly so that corrective action can be taken to prevent a worse stroke occurring in the next couple of days.
Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on a variety of topics, but is now involved with natural cures for prostate cancer. If you want to know more go to What is the Treatment for Prostate Cancer?
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