ked5
2009-04-09 00:36:56
After my mother’s first TIA, I went online to do research. One site I ended up on was in the UK. I read how a “study” found that they needed to shorten the waiting time for follow-up after a TIA. I was horrified patients were waiting months, when here in the US it was merely a few weeks. (my mother was in to see her Doctor in three weeks.) The reason for the hurry? TIA’s are a warning, and are usually followed by a full blown stroke. If the warning is heeded, a full blown stroke can be prevented. In the UK, they had a high rate of stroke after TIA.
