Mini Stroke

by Owen Jones⁽¹⁸⁸⁾ Red Star

http://the-real-way.com

The medical name for a mini stroke is quite a mouthful - a Transient Ischemic Attack. This occurs if a blood vessel supplying an area of the brain becomes blocked with a particle, often a bit 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 injury may be very significant or only go unnoticed. Unnoticed by the patient's conscious mind, but perhaps injury is still being done,

At the very least, mini strokes or TIA's are a warning that your blood contains harmful items, normally fat or cholesterol. A TIA is a 'call to action'; a warning that you had better work on your diet, get more exercise and go see your medical doctor right away.

Medication will dissolve the plaque or platelets that are already present in your blood and a healthy diet and more exercise will inhibit more from forming. Blood clots are another cause of (mini) strokes.

Blood clots normally are created in other regions of the body, but flow quite freely through the large arteries until they arrive at the fine 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 can kill or cause immense, frequently permanent, damage. Or they could result in a mini stroke that goes unnoticed. It is all down to chance where is gets lodged.

it is thought that any form of stroke results in harm even if that damage is not easily perceived, since different parts of the brain control different parts or organs of the body. If a blockage occurs in the part that controls the liver, it may stop working to some level and you may not notice for quite a time.

It is a very good idea to be able to recognize the symptoms of a mini stroke. However, this is simpler said than done. lots of mini strokes happen at night, when you are asleep.

They do also occur during the day naturally and the symptoms might be tingling in one part of the body. Or you may have the opposite effect, a numbness. Numerous sufferers say that they underwent blurred sight. These symptoms 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 place too long or merely not having had sufficient exercise that day. And these could well be reasons for the sensation, which makes it very problematic to know.

There are more apparent symptoms too such as dizziness or confusion; not being understand what people are saying to you; not being able to talk or speaking in a slurred voice.

Any of these symptoms should be reported to a medical doctor immediately so that remedial action may be taken to avoid a worse stroke following in the next couple of days.

Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on a number of subjects, 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?

Article submitted Wednesday, February 01, 2012 & read 12 times.

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