difference between stroke and tia
Answer from Ted Lowenkopf, M.D., medical director of Providence Stroke Center: First, letâs discuss the difference between stroke and TIA: Stroke is a brain injury that happens when the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted.
TIA vs Stroke. TIA and Stroke are both medical conditions related to brain. TIA is an abbreviation of Transient Ischemic Attack. In this condition the brain suffer a temporary deficit in blood supply to the brain and the ischemia causes the symptoms. The brain controls the body movements, speech, vision, hearing and sensation.