Symptoms Of Mini Stroke Quickly Fade, But 10 To 15 Percent Will Suffer Full Strokes Within 3 Months

Each year, as many as 500,000 Americans experience mini strokes called transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). Symptoms quickly go away, usually within an hour, and many people don't seek treatment. But 10 to 15 percent of people who experience TIAs will experience full-blown strokes within three months, and 40 percent of these strokes will occur in the first 24 hours, according to an article by three Loyola University Medical Center neurologists in the journal Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news