Has Anyone Ever Suffered From A Transient Ishcemic Attack (Mini Stroke)?

What was the cause?
OR
Were all tests normal and you still have the same diagnosis.

TIA/Mini Stroke is caused by plaque in the arteries, or an emblous, symptoms vary with in the site and the degree of the occlusion. read the following and go to the link to find out more.

In medicine, an embolism occurs when an object (the embolus, plural emboli) migrates from one part of the body (through circulation) and cause(s) a blockage (occlusion) of a blood vessel in another part of the body.

This can be contrasted with a "thrombus" which is the formation of a clot within a blood vessel, rather than being carried from elsewhere.

Blood clots form the most common embolic material by far: other possible embolic materials include fat globules (a fat embolism), air bubbles (an air embolism), septic emboli (containing pus and bacteria), or amniotic fluid.

Emboli often have more serious consequences when they occur in the so-called "end-circulation": areas of the body that have no redundant blood supply, such as the brain, heart, and lungs.


Atherosclerosis is a disease affecting the arterial blood vessel. It is commonly referred to as a "hardening" or "furring" of the arteries. It is caused by the formation of multiple plaques within the arteries.

Pathologically, the atheromatous plaque is divided into three distinct components:

The atheroma ("lump of porridge", from Athera, porridge in Greek,) is the nodular accumulation of a soft, flaky, yellowish material at the center of large plaques, composed of macrophages nearest the lumen of the artery, sometimes with
Underlying areas of cholesterol crystals, and possibly also
Calcification at the outer base of older/more advanced lesions.
The following terms are similar, yet distinct, in both spelling and meaning, and can be easily confused: arteriosclerosis, arteriolosclerosis and atherosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis, is a general term describing any hardening (and loss of elasticity) of medium or large arteries (in Latin, Arterio meaning artery and sclerosis meaning hardening), arteriolosclerosis is arteriosclerosis mainly affecting the arterioles (small arteries), atherosclerosis is a hardening of an artery specifically due to an atheromatous plaque (in Latin Athero means porrige-like). Therefore, atherosclerosis is a form of arteriosclerosis.

Arteriosclerosis ("hardening of the artery") results from a deposition of tough, rigid collagen inside the vessel wall and around the atheroma. This increases the stiffness, decreases the elasticity of the artery wall. Arteriolosclerosis (hardening of small arteries, the arterioles) is the result of collagen deposition, but also muscle wall thickening and deposition of protein ("hyaline").

Calcification, sometimes even ossification (formation of complete bone tissue) occurs within the deepest and oldest layers of the sclerosed vessel wall.

Atherosclerosis causes two main problems. First, the atheromatous plaques, though long compensated for by artery enlargement, eventually lead to plaque ruptures and stenosis (narrowing) of the artery and, therefore, an insufficient blood supply to the organ it feeds. Alternatively, if the compensating artery enlargement process is excessive, then a net aneurysm results.

mini strokes ,there are alot of different causes .Im sure your doctor would have the best answer as he knows your history .outside of that im sorry but it would be anyones guess. a nurses opinion.Call your doctor hon....GOODLUCK!

my cousin did, ,more than one, I Think the cause was extreme high blood pressure and they said he HAD to lose a lot weight.I am sorry, I do not know about the tests, but he was in the hospital for about a week. Good luck and good health!!!

TIA can be a warning sign of impending stroke so they should be investigated because there are treatments for stroke that are better if done early. A TIA alone without stroke is usually not serious but should still be investigated because it is a sign of a problem A TIA can be caused by a blood clot or change in blood pressure that alters blood flow in the brain. If you have a TIA and symptoms go away, your doctor may still want to put you on a medication to prevent blood clots.