“Mini” stroke: These are the symptoms…

A transient ischemic attack (TIA), also called “mini-stroke, happens when a blood clot prevents blood flow to the brain…
Only, unlike a normal stroke, the occlusion of the blood vessel is temporary (transient) and as a rule does not cause destruction of brain tissue.
The symptoms of a TIA last a very short time (usually no more than a minute), in accordance with the American Association for the Stroke. Usually the symptoms have subsided by the time the patient arrives at the doctor or vice versa.
Because the symptoms can be “fleeting”, the descriptions of these events are subjective. The symptoms do not last enough time to be evaluated by a doctor, with the result that the patient describes as best she can what exactly he felt.
What are the most common symptoms
The most common symptoms of a “mini” stroke mainly concern problems of kinetic dysfunction. Most of the times, this is manifested as weakness on one side of the body, which is called hemiparesis.
These symptoms can range from mild to severe. If a person is experiencing a “mini” stroke, you may notice some mild symptoms, such as clumsiness of the hands or fingers. Or, you may notice more serious symptoms, such as a complete inability to walk, move his hands, or to move the muscles of the face.
Most of the times, a TIA leads to weakness on only one side of the body (including the side of the face), on the one hand and on one leg. However, the behavior of the blood clot in the brain will determine exactly where it will manifest this weakness.
More rarely, a patient may complain of weakness on both sides of the body. It is also possible for a patient who walks in the moment that he’s having a “mini” stroke may complain of pain in the lower extremities, “numb hand and weakness in the face.
Also, it is possible to manifest a problem in speaking (jumbled words, inability to remember words, trouble understanding words) for those few seconds that lasts a transient ischemic attack. This situation is called dysphasia. In fact, the dysphasia may be the only symptom of a “mini” stroke. The difficulty in the speech shows that the blockage from the blood clot, that caused the transient ischemic attack occurred in the dominant hemisphere of the brain.
Finally, the TIA many times accompanied by temporary blindness in one eye. In this case, the patient’s vision in one eye suddenly becomes very “blurred”. This can last for a few seconds or minutes. Most of the objects seem to have a “gray tint” or did not look clean. A patient with temporary blindness in one eye may also feel very uncomfortable when exposed to intense light and may not be able to distinguish the written words on a piece of paper.