What could potentially happen after having a stroke?
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A number of things could happen. Some of those things include, paralysis, blindness, loss of speech, inability to walk, inability to think clearly, and worst of all, death.  When someone thinks they may be having a stroke, the first and most important thing to do, is to seek emergency medical help ASAP!
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The symptoms of a stroke are generally weakness to one side, slurred speech, drooping facial features to the affected side. Bell's Palsy is facial paralysis, normally affecting one side of the face, and can last from a number of weeks to a number of years.Most patients suspect they have suffered a stroke when first faced by it's effect and a visit to the doctor helps alleviate their fears. Symptoms normally include; a drooping or sagging mouth, facial pain, drooling, loss of taste, inability to close the eye resulting in tearing. Good luck to you, seems like you and your family needs it.
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transient ischemic attack which is in essence a mini stroke.
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Renal failure, brain damage, muscle damage, nerve damage, coma, death. Later, there could be learning difficulties, blindness. These are extreme cases. In no way am I saying that these things will happen. Just that they can.
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yes it is highly probable...  people who have strokes and heart attacks have them for a reason.  their bodies have undergone physical changes in order to function at a normal level under stress.  at a certain point, this stress becomes too great and arteries or heart valves reach a breaking point.  once someone experiences a cardiovascular incident, the likelihood of future incidents multiplies.  of course there are exceptions to any rule.
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a minor stroke\na pinched nerve\na migraine\n\njust a few\n\nGO TO THE DOCTOR! please
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You're not having a stroke, but go see your doctor now ... before you do.\n\nJonnie
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I have had the same thing and was not given an explanation. The onset of stroke is accompanied by slurred speech and loss of balance.
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Did you keep the appointment with the neurolgist? Have you seen your family physician? I work at a hospital as a tech on a cardiac floor. You need to see your family doctor pronto and keep him informed as to the ongoing situation. Also, a heart attack does not have to radiate down the arm. Lose of consciousness with head and back of neck pain can equal extremely high blood pressure. Which could lead to stroke as well as heart attack. Seek more medical attention!!
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I am so sorry! I am an occupational therapist and I have worked with young stroke victims, and I do not know the cause. If I were you, I would have an intensive series of testing from EEG's to MRI's to find out what's the problem.\n\nDo you have a predisposition to strokes? Do you take birth control? How often do you smoke?\n\nThose are some causative factors that could impact your health.  The major causes of TIA's typically are small blood clots or cholesterol blockages--it's really odd that you have normal cholesterol!  \n\nI would keep going and finding different opinions--mini-strokes a lot of time leads to a massive stroke. Don't let doctors just say, "I don't know." Find one who is willing to keep testing.
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could be symptoms of heart attack, or lack of blood circulation, or possible stroke,...get medical attention right away.
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My grandma was a little like that too, especially after her stroke.  Start small, with things like trips to the grocery store, and having her walk around with you while you are there.  Or, have her to walk around the outside of her house.  If needed, call in a physical therapist.  They are usually pretty good at this stuff.
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Alot of things can cause you to go into a coma. And a heart attack is one of them. If you have a severe heart attack with a period of reduced blood flow to the brain this can cause coma. A number of other affects of poor blood flow to other organs can cause problems in the brain and coma. eg renal failure secondary to heart attack
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there is a difference between having like-stroke symptoms and having actually a stroke. I did not understand quite clearly your question but I ll try to help a bit. To actually have a stroke there are some hemodynamic conditions that cause a blood vessel in your brain to obstruct. For example: having high blood pressure, high blood collesterol, a previously obstructed vessel (arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, malformation, etc), diabetes, etc.\nNow, really stressful circumstances can be a trigger for high blood pressure, also vasoconstriction and if you have on the background one of the above mentioned, then it could be possible to have a TIA, or even a stroke. I will advise you, if you know about someone undergoing the following symptoms to have prompt medical attention: headache, dizziness, nausea, numbness in any part of the body, sudden lost of muscular strenght, visual or auditive irregularities.\nIt could be just a somatization disorder due to intense and continual stress, or it could be worst. Good luck.
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Could have been allot of different things, you should defiantly seek medical help. Call your doctor and make an appointment, they may even suggest yo go to the ER. \n\nOff hand, I would say possible seizure or stroke.
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Wow, a lot of wrong, some half right answers up there.  I wish a doctor had answered you, but I'll take a crack at it.  A stroke, also called a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is an umbrella term for several types of problems that cause lack of blood flow to or within the brain.  The general types are ischemic, in which blood flow is blocked and hemorrhagic, in which there is bleeding into the brain.  There are subtypes within each of these broad categories.  The effects of the stroke then depends on where and how severe the damage was to the affected parts of the brain.  Often you will not see the permanent results for some time after the stroke.  At first they can seem better or worse than they will actually end up.  For example, if bleeding continues, a patient will worsen.  On the other hand, some brain cells that  temporarily lacked oxygen may regain function and the patient will improve.  As for the cause, there are many.  The different types of strokes have different causes.  Hemorrhagic strokes may be the result of a burst aneurysm, head trauma, or many other causes.  Ischemic strokes may be related to high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, coronary disease, etc.  I hope this helps, but it only touches the surface.  Check out an online encyclopedia for more.
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The best place to find the current research on this is Medline (www.medline.com).  Put in the keywords for what you are looking for, and download the abstracts.  There is a lot of research on the relationship between stroke, head trauma, and AD.