When a TIA Hits, Stroke Tends to Follow - Quick
Tuesday June 2, 2009
About half of the people who suffer a TIA, or ministroke, tend to suffer an actual stroke within 24 hours. This was recently found in a study out of England in which the medical charts of 1,247 people who experienced a TIA were analyzed for the earliest time point when they progressed from a TIA to a full stroke.
The 6, 12 and 24 hour time points after TIA were looked to see how many people with TIA actually progressed to having a full stroke. By the 24 hour time point the percent of TIA patients progressing to a full stroke was a whopping 5%.
This is why you should learn about TIAs so that you can act quickly when its symptoms appear. There is simply no a second to be wasted when someone is suffering a TIA.
Read more about TIAs.
Comments
I had 2 TIA on one day and my full stroke came 3 days later instead of 24 hours later. I guess everyone is not the same.