{"id":27976,"date":"2025-05-17T10:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T10:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27976"},"modified":"2025-05-17T10:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T10:24:43","slug":"a-ministroke-can-have-major-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27976","title":{"rendered":"A Ministroke Can Have Major Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So-called transient ischemic attacks can eventually lead to cognitive declines as steep as those following a full-on stroke, new research finds.<\/p>\n

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Kristin Kramer woke up early on a Tuesday morning 10 years ago because one of her dogs needed to go out. Then, a couple of odd things happened.<\/p>\n

When she tried to call her other dog, \u201cI couldn\u2019t speak,\u201d she said. As she walked downstairs to let them into the yard, \u201cI noticed that my right hand wasn\u2019t working.\u201d<\/p>\n

But she went back to bed, \u201cwhich was totally stupid,\u201d said Ms. Kramer, now 54, an office manager in Muncie, Ind. \u201cIt didn\u2019t register that something major was happening,\u201d especially because, reawakening an hour later, \u201cI was perfectly fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

So she \u201cjust kind of blew it off\u201d and went to work.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a common response to the neurological symptoms that signal a T.I.A., a transient ischemic attack or ministroke. At least 240,000 Americans<\/a> experience one each year, with the incidence increasing sharply with age<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Because the symptoms disappear quickly, usually within minutes, people don\u2019t seek immediate treatment, putting them at high risk for a bigger stroke.<\/p>\n

Ms. Kramer felt some arm tingling over the next couple of days and saw her doctor, who found nothing alarming on a CT scan. But then she started \u201cjumbling\u201d her words and finally had a relative drive her to an emergency room.<\/p>\n

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So-called transient ischemic attacks can eventually lead to cognitive declines as steep as those following a full-on stroke, new research finds.Kristin Kramer woke up early on a Tuesday morning 10 years ago because one of her dogs needed to go out. Then, a couple of odd things happened.When she tried to call her other dog, \u201cI couldn\u2019t speak,\u201d she said. As she walked downstairs to let them into the yard, \u201cI noticed that my right hand wasn\u2019t working.\u201dBut she went back to bed, \u201cwhich was totally stupid,\u201d said Ms. Kramer, now 54, an office manager in Muncie, Ind. \u201cIt didn\u2019t register that something major was happening,\u201d especially because, reawakening an hour later, \u201cI was perfectly fine.\u201dSo she \u201cjust kind of blew it off\u201d and went to work.It\u2019s a common response to the neurological symptoms that signal a T.I.A., a transient ischemic attack or ministroke. At least 240,000 Americans experience one each year, with the incidence increasing sharply with age.Because the symptoms disappear quickly, usually within minutes, people don\u2019t seek immediate treatment, putting them at high risk for a bigger stroke.Ms. Kramer felt some arm tingling over the next couple of days and saw her doctor, who found nothing alarming on a CT scan. But then she started \u201cjumbling\u201d her words and finally had a relative drive her to an emergency room.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27978,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27979,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976\/revisions\/27979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}