YouTube Clip of the Week: “Mini Strokes (TIAs)”
TIAs are a warning that a full-blown may soon be on the way. Although it’s unknown why my Mom had to be hospitalized yesterday, the initial findings indicate that it was a TIA. She’s doing much better today and complaining that she wants to come home. Meanwhile, I’m trying to learn about TIAs as much as possible, so I thought I’d take you on for the ride.
According to the American Heart Association, about a half of all TIAs will also suffer a full-blown stroke in less than one year. One of the warning signs not mentioned in this video is a migraine-type headache, or a suddenly incredibly bad pain on one side of your head. But numbness in your limbs is a dead giveaway of a stroke or TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack). This is a particularly good video, in that it’s informative, short and not boring. It’s too bad that all medical educational videos on YouTube aren’t like that!
Keep in mind, non-American viewers, that this is an American video, where the emergency call number is 911. In England, it’s 999. It’s 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand and 100 in India. I’m sure I’m missing a lot of others here.
One thing that I particularly like about this video is that it showed a character named Steve arguing that he didn’t need to go to the hospital, even though he was clearly showing signs of a TIA. My Mom argued, too. I’m starting to think that arguing is one of the signs of a TIA.
October 15th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
[...] Mom had what was thought to be a TIA (mini stroke) and went to the nearest hospital immediately. The screw ups were incredible. She got an overdose of [...]