can you have a stroke and not know it
Answer from Ted Lowenkopf, M.D. , medical director of Providence Stroke Center: Yes, you can have a stroke and not know it. A stroke's effects can be undetectable if the stroke is small or if the tissue damaged does not serve a critical function.Evidence of the stroke would show on a CT scan or an MRI of the brain, but it might not produce symptoms.he symptoms depend on both the severity of the stroke and the region of the brain it damaged. Perhaps one leg does not seem to work well, or an arm feels weak. People may have double vision or a partial or, rarely, complete loss of their field of vision.