Question 1

what is  a mini stroke ?

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Transient ischemia: This usually refers to a transient ischemic attack in which there is decreased blood flow to the brain without causing actual cell death. These can be a precursor to an actual stroke.

Question 2

what is a "mini-stroke" tia?

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See answer below: Tia stands for transient ischemic attack. Its symptoms are identical to those seen in a stroke, but transient, or short lived, with spontaneous complete resolution usually within  a few minutes or hours. Symptoms lasting longer than 24 hours will be considered secondary to an actual stroke.

Question 3

how to tell if i had a mini stroke?

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Imaging: Most conclusive way is via a high resolution MRI film, as some lacunar strokes may be relatively clinically silent.

Question 4

how do you  diagnose a mini stroke?

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Symptoms: By pt's symptoms , neurological changes, and their clearing in a reasonable period of time as well as the lack of pathogneumonic changes on mri.

Question 5

what are signs/symtoms of mini stroke?

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Stroke Symptoms: General symptoms of a stroke include: sudden numbness, tingling, weakness, or loss of movement in your face, arm, or leg, especially on only one side of your body.  Sudden vision changes or trouble speaking.  Confusion or trouble understanding simple statements. Problems with walking or balance.   A stroke usually happens suddenly but may occur over hours.

Question 6

how to know if i just had a mini stroke?

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Mini Stroke or TIA: Symptoms of transient ischemic attacks (tias) occur suddenly and are always temporary. They usually go away in 10 to 20 minutes. Symptoms of TIA may include: 
sudden numbness, tingling, weakness, or loss of movement in your face, arm, or leg, especially on only one side of your body. Sudden vision changes, trouble speaking.
Sudden confusion or trouble understanding simple statements, etc...

Question 7

what are the symptoms of a "mini stroke"?

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Numbness and tinglin: Common to have numbness and tingling sensation and transient weakness of one side of the body and also transient slurred speech or aphasia. Usually lasting 24 hours.

Question 8

how do you know if you had a mini stroke?

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By history: Mini strokes don't cause permanent damage, so they don't show up on mri. Diagnosis is by history- temporary loss of nervous system function, causing numbness or weakness, drooping of half of the face, trouble forming or finding words, trouble reading or understanding, etc. It can be hard to tell from migraine, as that can cause similar symptoms. Mini-strokes are warnings, so see a doctor!

Question 9

how to tell if i have a stroke or mini stroke ?

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A few steps: An MRI would usually reveal presence of a lesion consisted with injury to brain tissue, but the so-called "mini" may represent a reversible transient ischemic attack, which may only reveal a white matter lesion.  Certain signs and symptoms such as unilateral weakness, might be due to stroke, and transient loss of vision in one eye might be a warning sign.

Question 10

what are the symptoms associated with a mini stroke?

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TIA: Ministrokes or tia's relate to a specific neurological deficit that lasts only a short time (typically minutes to hours).   These are reversible neurological changes.

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