Mini stroke - vision
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My 76 year old mother had sudden loss of half of her vision in one eye. It came on suddenly and she said it was like a line across her vision with the bottom half blurry. We went to the ER and she had a clear CT scan. The ER diagnosed her with a mini stroke and wanted to admit her. My mother is difficult and refused. She also had a mild headache afterwards. Has anyone had similar symptoms that either were or were not a TIA? Any advice is appreciated.
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Eliaimee1970 staci88515
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hello
what made them think it was a MINI stroke? if she has a mini stroke . i had a similar symptons like eye blurr, tingly , i got a little confused , so my work call 911 and i had a ct was clear, blood work for heart, blood clot all clear , went to eye doctor (i had eye blurr) thats was clear and brain MRI (no signs of stroke ) i wear a heart monitor for 14 days and all clear. im 49 years . maybe something with her eyes?
i hate doctor assuming is a stroke and maybe it wasnt. when they did the mri they found a small bening cyst in the pititiary gland but im not worry about it .
staci88515 Eliaimee1970
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Honestly, I don't know. Her only symptoms were the bottom half of one eye went blank and a mild headache. Even her discharge paperwork says TIA. When I typed her 1/2 vision symptom into Dr. Google, it did say stroke. I had a migraine aura four months ago and also had crazy vision symptoms.
Eliaimee1970 staci88515
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yea after all i had i went to a neurologist and he said migranes.
let me tell you in 2014 i took a antibiotic and 20 min later i had slur speech, my arm kind of went, numb and i had a rash coming up my upper chest so i drove myself to the ER and diagnose me with TIA and to this day i 100 % beleived it was the medicine that cause my reaction. Maybe your mom needs to see a doctor and make sure is not that
staci88515 Eliaimee1970
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This is all very stressful. I wish there was a definitive way to know. Thank you!
loxie staci88515
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If she has any remaining residual symptoms, it possibly wasnt a TIA, they usually dont leave a trail which is why they're often so hard to diagnose and often nothing shows up on scans. The clue is in the name - Transient (Ischaemic Attack). Obviously because they are often fleeting and dont show up on tests/scans some patients dont believe it could be a TIA when told. Other causes of such eyesight issues can be plaque in the eye as a result of high cholesterol or detached retina. Worth trying to encourage her to see her GP or eye doctor and certainly have blood tests done.
staci88515 loxie
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Thank you for replying. Her eye issue only lasted 5 minutes and other than the mild headache, no other symptom. She has a GP appointment tomorrow. I'm just upset because she is so stubborn and refused to stay in the hospital.
Eliaimee1970 staci88515
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thats what happens to me it was so brief that by the time the ambulance came it passed . and to tell you my BP wasnt high , glucose was normal .
my mom is 80 and she is so stuburn as well. she is currently having a cold and she stop her heart palpitations meds to take nyquil and i was livid and i told her to call her doctor to make sure is ok she is like nope i know what im doing type of attitude . she lives away from me and is very stressful . i know if i live closer to her ill be the one sick. good luck abd hope is nothing but a migraine .