Transient IschaemiC Attack [TIA]

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Test:

No specific diagnostic testExclude other diagnoses and complications by: FBC, ESA, platelets, S.cholesterol, B.ured S.electrolytes, B.glucose, syphilis screen, ECG, chest X-ray, CT, EEG, catotid duplex scan

Sign:

Dd:

Migraine, thromboembolism, epilepsy, CVA, raised intracranial pressure, cerebral trauma, ce­rebral tumours, cerebral haematoma, hypogly­caemia, hypotension, hypertension, polycythaemia, thrombocythaemia, anaemia, multiple sclerosis, psychogenic, transient global amnesia, vestibular disease, alcoholism

Phys:

Focal reduction in cerebral blood supply resulting in transient loss of function. Risk factors include hypertension, heart disease, smoking, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, oral contraceptives. Significant risk of subsequent stroke