ischemic stroke vs transient ischemic attack (TIA)

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ischemic stroke vs transient ischemic attack (TIA)

All depends on the Clot

Both of these ischemic strokes and transient ischemic attacks happen due to a clot formed in your brain or a clot that has traveled via the arteries to the brain. Once the clot reaches a narrow passage it will get stuck and this will stop the blood flow to a certain area of the brain. At this stage, the patient will have dizziness and will have certain weaknesses in the body.

A TIA will clear the blood passage shortly after a stroke which is why it’s called a mini-stroke. The patient will recover and will be back to normal within the first 24 hours.

Yet a person with TIA has a higher risk of having another stroke which could be a major ischemic stroke. A TIA is a major warning where you will have to control a number of things in your life if you need to avert the risk of another stroke.

An ischemic stroke will not disappear with time and if blood thinners are not given within 3 hours (3-4.5 hours) the patient will end up with permanent damage to the brain. Depending on the area of the damage the consequences the patient will have to face will be different. The patient will probably have a certain weakness on the left side or right side of the body which they will describe as numbness or dizziness. Some may lose the ability to see or speak to a certain extent which will be problematic.
Unlike TIA patients ischemic stroke patients will not recover in short time and they will need to engage in therapy for at least a couple of months to recover.

Both TIA and ischemic stroke patients will need to immediately start medicine to keep the high blood pressure in control and should be prescribed with blood thinners and anti-blood clot agents. Some of these medicines will be used as combinations. It’s very important that this prescribed medicine is taken consistently on time as both of these stroke types have a tendency to repeat with follow-up strokes.







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