10 Mini Stroke Symptoms
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9. Headache
A moderate to severe headache may be due to a mini stroke.4‘Headaches in transient ischemic attacks (TIA).’ National Library of Medicine, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4016929/. Typically, the headache comes on after the TIA. However, some people have a headache just before the mini stroke event.
One study revealed that 30 percent of patients who suffered a TIA also had a headache. TIA-related headaches may be more common in women. Many patients describe the pain as similar to a migraine headache. But they state that unlike the slow onset of migraines, mini stroke headaches hit hard and fast.
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