However, there are atypical symptoms that appear minutes or hours before an ischemic attack.
Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a condition associated with stroke, which means an increased risk of disease in the near future. A person is diagnosed with acute cerebrovascular accident.
You should be wary if suddenly you feel severe numbness in your leg, and you didn’t “sit out” your leg, you never had such problems before. Another wake-up call isloss of strength in the leg. That is, the leg or part of it becomes as if wadded, naughty, it may be difficult for you to move at your usual pace.
– These symptoms can also be supplemented by vision problems – everything around will seem to be out of focus. The arm (or part of it) may also become numb. It is important to know that such symptoms usually last regarding 10-20 minutes, then everything returns to normal. But in fact, there is a great risk that you need urgent medical attention, the publication quotes experts from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.