Comments on: Stroke Can Happen Suddenly Without Any Warning: Why You Need Immediate Treatment?

By: zoomer

zoomer — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:08:01 +0000

Your article states “A cerebral hemorrhage will require medication to dissolve the clot and is given within three hours of the stroke, and anti-clotting medication may also be prescribed to stop more clots from forming.”
You should read the second paragraph more closely and watch your editing. Since a cerebral hemorrhage is bleeding and not a clot, anti-clotting or clot busting medication is the LAST thing the patient needs.

By: Noah Greer

Noah Greer — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:19:07 +0000

There are two types of stroke: those caused by a clot and those caused by hemorrhage. But TIA does not mean a stroke caused by a clot. A TIA is brief stroke like condition that may indicate an impending stroke. but just as angina(chest pain) is not a myocadial infarction,TIA is not a stroke.

By: stan

stan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:57:32 +0000

my mother has a form of dementia. doctors she has seen assume it’s because of her age a maybe some “mini-strokes’ along the way. She is now over 85y/o, but this situation deterioarated rapidly after a couple family crisis’ occurred. she is far more lucid when awakened , but as the time passes she loses more and more cognizance. I wounder if anyone else has knowledge of or has been in a similar situation. any ideas for further diagnosis and/or treatment.