This article describes how silent strokes are diagnosed as well as the types of symptoms a person might experience.
A TCD may reveal signs of obstructed or re-routed blood flow.
How Common Are Silent Strokes?
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Silent strokes are more common than classic strokes.
By age 80, one in four people will have had one or more silent strokes.
Do They Have Lasting Effects?
Some may experience longer-term symptoms that they may not recognize as being stroke-related.
Others still may experience a full-blownischemic strokeorhemorrhagic stroke.
Silent strokes can happen to anyone but tend to affect older adults.
Ironically, studies have shown that silent strokes may increase the risk of dementia.
Even so, TIAs are strong predictors of a future stroke.
What Should I Do?
This is true even if you’ve never experienced any symptoms and feel perfectly fine.
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