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You can also have a “mini stroke,” called a transient ischemic attack, or TIA. ... If the stroke affects the parts of your brain involved in vision, that can lead to problems noticing things ...
A transient ischemic attack (TIA), commonly known as a mini-stroke, is a temporary (transient) stroke with noticeable symptoms that end within 24 hours. A TIA causes the same symptoms associated with a stroke, such as weakness or numbness on one side of the body, sudden dimming or loss of vision, difficulty speaking or understanding language or slurred speech.
Serial sevens (or, more generally, the descending subtraction task; DST), where a patient counts down from one hundred by sevens, is a clinical test used to test cognition; for example, to help assess mental status after possible head injury, in suspected cases of dementia or to show sleep inertia.
The most common presentation of cerebrovascular disease is an ischemic stroke or mini-stroke and sometimes a hemorrhagic stroke. [2] Hypertension (high blood pressure) is the most important contributing risk factor for stroke and cerebrovascular diseases as it can change the structure of blood vessels and result in atherosclerosis. [5]
Unfortunately, the term 'mini-stroke' is misleading. The #1 Mini-Stroke Symptom Most People Miss, According to a Cleveland Clinic Neurologist Skip to main content
Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system.Professionals in this branch of psychology focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brain affect cognitive and behavioral functions.
The terms atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis sound similar but are slightly different in meaning. Atherosclerosis is a type of arteriosclerosis. It refers to the build-up of plaque in blood vessels.
This can affect their autobiographical memory. [3] It is thought that patients may not be able to assess the accuracy of memory retrieval and therefore elaborate on implausible memories. [6] Individuals with dementia, delirium or other severe psychiatric illnesses combined with DES often have disturbed sleep patterns. [5]