Please help! took girlfriend to er and was told she had a tia? but she's young & healthy.. i don't know what it means/what to look out for in future.

Almost stroke: This is the description of a transitory ischemic attack. This is neurologic symptoms such gait abnormality that resolved in less than 24 h but new definition is about less than an hour. Although this is not a stroke can become one in 24 to 48 hours based on scales we use such abcd2. This are events that happen when circulation in the brain is impaired but not completely abolished.

Unusual : Unusual to have TIA in young individual, unless they have certain risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, sickle cell anemia, protein c or s.Deficiency, Cocaine abuse etc. Tia is called a mini stroke, harbinger of a full fledged stroke in the future. Go to a neurologist for a full evaluation.