TIA or Stroke symptoms and signs
Illustration: The brain with blood clots
A TIA-attack usually lasts only a few minutes. Most symptoms disappear within an hour, and all effects are gone within 24 hours. Symptoms and signs of TIA similar to those found in an early phase of a stroke, and they may include:
- Sudden weakness, an abnormal sensation, or paralysis of the face, arm, leg - typically on only one side of the body.
- Slurred speech or babbling or difficulties in understanding others.
- Sudden blindness in parts of the visual field, sometimes as if a gray or black curtain falls down and covers the field of vision.
- Dizziness, loss of balance or loss of coordination.
You may have one or more TIA-attacks, and recurrent symptoms, and signs may be the same or new.
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