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Chris
12-26-2012, 06:50 PM
Kind of an interesting case in terms of how it was discovered:


...Here was the conservation, which is reproduced in the Dec. 24 online edition of the Archives of Neurology:

Husband: So what's the deal?

Wife: every where thinging days nighing

W: Some is where!

H: What the hell does that mean?

H: You're not making any sense.

H: July 24, right?

W: J 30

H: July 30?

W: Yes

H: Oh ok, I'm worried about your confusing answers

W: But I think

H: Think what?

W: What I think with be fine

Doctors later noted the woman had trouble accurately filling out her intake form at the obstetrician; she also recalled feeling weakness in her right arm and leg earlier that had lasted a few minutes before going away.

Emergency room doctors at a Boston-area hospital examined the woman and noted "dysphasia," a language problem caused by brain damage that caused her to say the wrong words and rearrange proper speech sounds. Also known as asphasia, the condition can result in difficulty in expressing oneself when speaking, trouble understanding speech, and difficulty with reading and writing, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke....

@ "Dystextia": Stroke diagnosed with help of garbled text message (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57560856/dystextia-stroke-diagnosed-with-help-of-garbled-text-message/)

Captain Obvious
12-26-2012, 09:40 PM
I don't know how old she was but my dad is in his late 70's and had a similar experience. For a moment his hand went numb and he slurred his speech. After a gazillion tests they determined it was a "mini stroke" with no expected long term effects.

Chris
12-26-2012, 10:01 PM
My dad too. He often substitutes odd words. He doesn't much use computers.

Carygrant
12-27-2012, 03:24 AM
I don't know how old she was but my dad is in his late 70's and had a similar experience. For a moment his hand went numb and he slurred his speech. After a gazillion tests they determined it was a "mini stroke" with no expected long term effects.


Is that one of those letters where Dad is really somebody else ? Seems Obvious to me .

Captain Obvious
12-27-2012, 09:14 PM
CaryGrant has been banned from this thread, please do not respond to his posts.

roadmaster
12-30-2012, 02:51 PM
This does happen. A good bit of older ones diagnosed have actually had mini strokes. If it's a little more serious look at the mouth of the person. One side if they smile won't go up, that's when you get them to the hospital quick.

Chris
12-30-2012, 04:56 PM
The scary part is you might have these mini-strokes and not really even be aware of it...right?

Peter1469
12-30-2012, 05:01 PM
true

Mister D
12-30-2012, 05:08 PM
The scary part is you might have these mini-strokes and not really even be aware of it...right?

I hear a lot of stories about mini-strokes and slight heart attacks. Yeah, I think you're right.

roadmaster
12-31-2012, 02:54 PM
The scary part is you might have these mini-strokes and not really even be aware of it...right?

True even I had a few in my mid 30's and was misdiagnosed many times from an inner ear infection, dehydrated, anxiety, to sinus problems. I knew they were wrong because I am not emotional except when I laugh and knew something was wrong. Those packs they put on you to check you for a week don't work because it doesn't happen at the drop of the hat. The ekgs don't work unless it is happening then. I gave up and went to a specialist and he sent me to the heart Dr. for a echocardiogram. Then we found out but too many people end up with a heart attack because most emergency room Dr.s because women don't have chest pains like men are misdiagnosed.

Adelaide
12-31-2012, 06:02 PM
The scary part is you might have these mini-strokes and not really even be aware of it...right?

Transient ischemic attacks are surprisingly common, and yeah, many people don't even realise that is what has happened. My mother had a TIA a couple years back which was diagnosed after she went to the doctor with a migraine that had lasted for a week. Turned out it had been a "mini-stroke". Crazy...