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Having Stroke Like Symptoms. Numbness On The Left Side, Slurred Speech. No Stroke. What Is Causing This?
i started having stroke like symptoms back in 2007 my left side would go numb and i would fall to the floor cause my leg and arm would be useless. at the same time i felt it coming it started in my head and face slurred speech and all but the docs ran tests and said no stroke but the events kept happening every so often. i haven t had an episode in a few months but i still don t have normal feeling on my left side anywhere feels like my left side is sedated by an epidural
Wed, 22 May 2013
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As you have said you have multiple episodes of weakness in left side (arm,legs), with slurred speech and face weakness and your ct /mri brain came normal meaning TIA(transient ischemic attacks)
TIA occurs when vessel of brain is occluded for some time and then the vessel reopens , giving you the symptoms , with no changes on ct/mri. Tia improves with in days
OR you have partial occlusion in neck vessels (carotids), that causes or throws clots in brain causing transient symptoms,.....get doppler carotids
OR your upper part of heart due to wrong rhtym throws clots known as paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.....get hotler/EP studies
Residual symptoms like numbness, pain , weakness in that part exists, treatment includes.....vit b12, pregabalin and so on
Hope this helps
Take care
As you have said you have multiple episodes of weakness in left side (arm,legs), with slurred speech and face weakness and your ct /mri brain came normal meaning TIA(transient ischemic attacks)
TIA occurs when vessel of brain is occluded for some time and then the vessel reopens , giving you the symptoms , with no changes on ct/mri. Tia improves with in days
OR you have partial occlusion in neck vessels (carotids), that causes or throws clots in brain causing transient symptoms,.....get doppler carotids
OR your upper part of heart due to wrong rhtym throws clots known as paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.....get hotler/EP studies
Residual symptoms like numbness, pain , weakness in that part exists, treatment includes.....vit b12, pregabalin and so on
Hope this helps
Take care
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