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Possible stroke? Mini stroke?
Hi, I woke up with loss of balance and dizziness and went to a and e , they did scans but nothing showed up, the stroke team want to reassess me , I’m still getting really bad headaches and tingling down my left side , just reaching out if anyone else has had these symptoms? I’m a bit worried that I did have a stroke because the nurse said they can’t rule it out but I was told at the hospital it was a mini stroke?
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I woke up one day and saw my eyelid was very slightly drooping.. my partner said he didn't notice but I don't know if I had a stroke.
I have no other symptoms of a stroke. Is there any sources that show what happened to me isn't a stroke or is?
https://postimg.cc/zLMjzPdp
That wasn’t a stroke. What you experienced happens normally.
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Where's that from?
@ehdog
Johns Hopkins Medicine, one of the top stroke centers in the country.
I'm not a doctor, but I did have a stroke more than 7 years ago.
What you experienced may have been scary, but was probably not a stroke.
Bell's Palsy, maybe, but even that seems unlikely.
At any point were you confused, unable to speak, have balance issues, feel numb on one side, have one side of your face droop, have a terrible headache, couldn't swallow properly?
If you had none of those, I'd relax. Sometimes worrying about something can be more harmful.
You may find it helpful to watch some early episodes of my YouTube channel about my stroke recovery journey:
https://m.youtube.com/@srlucado/videos
@ashlynnmae
I have a headache on one side..is that a stroke?
@ehdog
No
This is also from Johns Hopkins and includes important information that’s worth reviewing.
https://postimg.cc/N5LdmNDR
@ashlynnmae - do you by chance have the original link for this to Johns Hopkins? If so, it would be great to post that.
@lisalucier
They’re very old screenshots, and they weren’t originally mine to begin with. Unfortunately, the person who had the original links has passed away. I’m sorry.
@ashlynnmae - no worries. Thanks for posting the information and noting where it came from.