Mini stroke in the ear
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I am 78 and had a mini stroke 11 Jun 2014. I was placed in the hospital for overnight observation and was released the following day to my family doctor. I have high blood pressure so he placed me on Exforge 10-325-25mg HCT and also Clopidogrel 75mg
In the hospital I had a MRA, MRI, CATSCAN, Chest Xray and several blood tests. I lost peripheral vision in the left eye. When I left the hospital I had this slight lump across from my left ear about 1 inch long pointing to the top of my head.
it read 170/130. I laid down and started getting this prickly/tingly feelings in the back of my head, neck, and down my right arm. I had slight chest pain and then a shortness of breath. I sat up immediately and began choking gasping for air. I felt really dizzy and didn't want to stand up. I waited a few minutes and when I went to stand was a little off balanced. Since then the right side of the back of my neck, right arm has been sore and a little stiff.
Actually, as long as there's more o-bands in the CSF than in the serum, then that's indicative of MS. They subtract the number of o-bands in the serum from the o-band count in the CSF to come up with the test results... but the number has to be more than three.
Hello I was wondering if anyone who has had a mini stroke experinisesed this Wed at 1 am I got up to use the rest roomand all of sudden I had a change feeling in the front of my head and then I has a really warm feeling go from glad bladder area to my stomach to rush through my body and then my right eye had a hard time focusing in the dark so I turned the light in and looked in the mirror and my right eye sight was blurring and my right pupil was dilating weird.
hi I'm in a bit of a state. this is saturday and on tuesday i was in bed with my lab top. i was feeling a bit strange when suddenly my hand and arm went nimb. at the same time mt boyfriend walked in and i felt wierd as i looked at him. i said my arm is numb and as i got out of bed my face also went numb. side of my nose and cheek and lip. i said to him clearly "god my face is numb" and then i panicked a bit and had to lire down.
I find it hard to describe the sensation. It is almost like a head rush - or a chill or tingle - in my brain; and it is accompanied by memories that usually take a more linguistic form: I remember words being said or written, plus a little about the context. However, within what seems like milliseconds, it dissipates and I cannot remember what the words/memories were. The sensation doesn't happen often, but when it does, there is usually a cluster of them over a few-hour period.
I'm glad your husband's BP is coming down.
I am not a doctor, so I have no idea what could have happened. Maybe a mini-stroke? I just don't know, sorry. Was he on BP meds BEFORE this happened? What is he taking now?
I'll keep him in my prayers...
Could it be a stroke? Those are the symptoms as far as I am aware? You should see the doctor to be safe.
it had Beenough almost 5 years without a seizure I had begun to think I had beeten it given seizures are a thing that your brain learns and remembers how to do since the neurologist said the longer without the less it remembers I felt I was on the up side of the disorder. However in the last 5 years on an almost daily basis or at least multiple times weekly I have had auras when asking the Dr about these...
She is still in the hospital, but we believe she has made it through the worst. Her left peripheral vision is gone and her left arm was out of control, but she is now regaining control. She is 46 years old and was otherwise healthy prior to this. The doctors cannot tell us what happened to cause this, they simply do not know. They also told us it appears that she had a stroke prior to this stroke, and she never knew about it.
She feels real tired and weak after she has one,she has pain on the side that is effected.The mini stroke happened on the right side this time.She has numbness in both of her hands and arms and legs and feet.You need to do a follow up with a neurologist in your area and ask for a MRI.Good luck Raven33.
I was just wondering, what do you do during a mini stroke? Do you get up and start walking around to get the blood flow going, (that's what I do), or do you sit down and relax? It's crazy that this mini stroke came back into my life! I had it come and go for about six months when I was younger back in 2006. When it happened back then, my whole right side of my body was paralyzed.
At times ear infection can cause infection in the brain or an embolism or movement of a clot in the brain causing mini stroke like features.
The other possibility is impingement of the cervical spinal nerve. The MRI for this can probably wait until your next appointment, but the other possibility needs to be ruled out.
Please discuss this with your doctor ASAP. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!
Hmmmm...a mini bleed on the surface??? That sounds like a subarachnoid hemorrhage which is another form of a stroke. That's where the bleed is on the surface of the brain between the brain and the skull, which is just as devastating. It doesn't have to bleed into the brain for it to be a stroke. Make sure her blood pressure stays down and talk to a neurologist. If the doctors say it wasn't a stroke you should ask exactly what was it that happened.
Since you say you have blocked sinuses and allergies, any upper respiratory tract infection in the throat, nose or sinuses can affect the middle ear via the Eustachian tube. Fluid in the middle ear can cause dizziness symptoms due to adjoining inner ear. You need to keep your sinuses dry and clear by steam inhalation, decongestants, and blowing out the secretions. An antibiotic is needed if the secretions are infected. Consult an otolaryngologist and a physician for your symptoms. Best wishes.
I too, was hospitalized for 3 days. they ran a ton of tests, all came back normal. the last test they performened was an EEG on the brain. Several hours later, (9:30 p.m.) I was discharged by a nurse. They gave me a sheet pf paper indicating an TIA, the diagnosis was "Dysarturia Aphasia". The discharge papers said to do a follow up with the new Neurologist in 4 weeks.
A few small, subcentimeter foci of T2 hyperintnesity within the left frontal, right parietal, and left frontal subcortal whirea matter as well as a single focus in the left aspct of the pons. These are nonspecific but statitsically represents very mild small vessel ischemic changes give the patient's age.
Major intracranial flow voids are present.
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