Mini-Strokes

Introduction: Mini-Strokes

Description of Mini-Strokes

Mini-Strokes (medical condition): Temporary disturbance of blood supply to a restricted area of the brain, resulting in brief neurologic dysfunction that persists, by definition, for less than 24 hours.

See also:

Transient Ischemic Attack:
  »Introduction: Transient Ischemic Attack
  »Symptoms of Transient Ischemic Attack
  »Causes of Transient Ischemic Attack
  »Tests for Transient Ischemic Attack
  »Treatments for Transient Ischemic Attack

Mini-Strokes as a Disease

Mini-Strokes: Another name for Transient Ischemic Attack (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Transient Ischemic Attack
  »Symptoms of Transient Ischemic Attack
  »Causes of Transient Ischemic Attack
  »Treatments for Transient Ischemic Attack

Mini-Strokes: Related Diseases

Mini-Strokes: Mini-Strokes is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Brain conditions

Causes of Mini-Strokes

Some of the causes of Mini-Strokes are included in the list below:

• Atherosclerosis
• Cerebral atherosclerosis
• Embolism
• Brain embolism (type of Embolism)
• Diabetes

See full list of 22 causes of Mini-Strokes (Transient Ischemic Attack)

Symptoms of Mini-Strokes (Transient Ischemic Attack)

Some of the symptoms of Mini-Strokes incude:

• Patterns of symptoms of TIAs:
  • Sudden onset of symptoms
  • Episodes of stroke-like symptoms - see the symptoms of stroke
  • Short duration of episode - usually a few minutes up to 30 minutes; rarely more than 2 hours. If lasting 24 hours
  • The condition is called stroke

See full list of 26 symptoms of Mini-Strokes (Transient Ischemic Attack)

Treatments for Mini-Strokes (Transient Ischemic Attack)

Treatments for Mini-Strokes (Transient Ischemic Attack) include:

• Emergency treatment - because it is impossible to distinguish between a stroke and a TIA.
• Hospitalization
• Surgery
  • Carotid artery surgery
• Stroke-prevention treatments - see also prevention of stroke

See full list of 13 treatments for Mini-Strokes

Treatment of Mini-Strokes: For more treatment information about Mini-Strokes, see treatment of Transient Ischemic Attack (Mini-Strokes)

Mini-Strokes: Article Excerpts about Transient Ischemic Attack

A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a stroke that it lasts only a few minutes. It occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is briefly interrupted. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Information Page: NINDS)

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