Can Any Issues In The Thoracic Part Of Your Body Cause Increased Intracranial Pressure?
Tue, 2 Jun 2020
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Mon, 13 Oct 2025
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You definitely need to see a neurologist
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I have gone carefully through the details provided by you. The initial presentation could be due to transient ichaemic attacks (TIAs) which are like very minute strokes in the brain and since they resolve rapidly nothing definite might show up in the MRI. Your subsequent symptoms too could be associated with the same. I do not think that an MRI of the thorax would be of any help but neurological referral should definitely be sought. Furthermore, a cardiac evaluation including echocardiography would be needed to ascertain that there is no source of micro-clots that after getting dislodged from the heart can cause micro-blockages in the brain, thus leading to your symptoms.
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