CalifChick
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Joined: 10/28/2007 From: California Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Kalista07 i hate it that at the ER this weekend they told me i had a lacunar infarction type of stroke... i hate that i still have little to no clue what that even freaking means. It means that an artery that takes blood deep into your brain is closed or was temporarily closed when it was supposed to be open (blood flowing freely thru it). There are five classic "syndromes" of lacunar infarction, which I will try to keep in layman's terms. For each of these, the symptoms are generally a bit more complicated than stated here: 1. One-sided paralysis (such as one-sided facial droop and inability to use the arm on that same side). 2. Clumsiness and weakness of the leg. 3. Clumsiness/weakness of the hand, most often seen when writing. 4. Numbness, tingling, pain, burning, or other unpleasant symptoms on one side of the body which may be constant or may come and go. 5. A combination of the above. Prognosis: Patients often recover well. Patients with this type of stroke have a greater chance of survival beyond 30 days (96%) than those with other types of stroke (85%). Between 70 and 80% are functionally independent at one year, compared to fewer than 50% with other types of strokes. Sometimes lacunar infarctions are referred to as "silent strokes" or "small strokes". Cali
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