I'm a little shaken...and a lot confused. After a trip to the emergency room last week, and subsequent overnight stay in the hospital, I was diagnosed with a TIA (mini or warning stroke).
My symptoms were quite mild...a little numbness on the left side of my face, foot and a couple of my fingers. The reason for my confusion? I was under the impression that symptoms of a TIA resolve quickly (minutes, hours...rarely more than 24 hours...the "T" in TIA stands for "transient".) My symptoms haven't gone away. Anybody have any experience here?
Can it take an extended period for symptoms to go away and still be a TIA? Does it sound more like a regular stroke? Any thoughts welcome. Needless to say, I'm a bit of a basket case at the moment. I do have an appointment with my cardiologist and a neurologist (the neurologist who made the original diagnosis) next week. One other thing...all of my tests in the hospital (visual, CT scan, MRI, ultrasound of the carotid artery) were negative.
My symptoms were quite mild...a little numbness on the left side of my face, foot and a couple of my fingers. The reason for my confusion? I was under the impression that symptoms of a TIA resolve quickly (minutes, hours...rarely more than 24 hours...the "T" in TIA stands for "transient".) My symptoms haven't gone away. Anybody have any experience here?
Can it take an extended period for symptoms to go away and still be a TIA? Does it sound more like a regular stroke? Any thoughts welcome. Needless to say, I'm a bit of a basket case at the moment. I do have an appointment with my cardiologist and a neurologist (the neurologist who made the original diagnosis) next week. One other thing...all of my tests in the hospital (visual, CT scan, MRI, ultrasound of the carotid artery) were negative.
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