Anatom3DTransient ischaemic attack
Ischaemia cerebri transitoria · Tranzitorní ischemická ataka (TIA)
What it is
Stroke symptoms that clear, usually within an hour, and leave no damage on a scan — a warning shot before the real thing.
Symptoms & signs
- Brief weakness
- brief speech loss
- fleeting blindness in one eye (amaurosis fugax)
🚩 Get help if…
- call 112 / 911 now Symptoms that are still there — treat it as a stroke and call now
- call 112 / 911 now A second episode of weakness, speech or vision loss
- see a doctor soon Any stroke-like episode that has already cleared — be seen within 24 hours
- see a doctor soon Sudden blindness in one eye, even if it came back
Where it strikes
Medical treatment
- Urgent clinic within 24 h
- dual antiplatelets 21 days
- statin
- carotid imaging and surgery if narrowed
Natural & lifestyle
- Blood-pressure diary
- weight loss
- stop smoking
- exercise
Emerging & experimental
- Wearable AF detection
- PCSK9 inhibitors early
Alternative, off-label & anecdotal
Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.
- Omega-3 for prevention — trials disagree mixed evidence
- Ginkgo biloba — did not prevent strokes in a large trial (GEM) not confirmed in trials
ICD codes
- ICD-10 G45.9
- ICD-11 8B10.Z Transient ischaemic attack, unspecified