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What Could Cause Droop On Left Side Of The Face?
I had a TIA last Thursday. today I have developed a droop on left side of face. Can a facial droop be the only symptom of a further TIA . Facial droop has now gone but lasted or about 5 hours. I did not seek medical advice until today because previous symptoms disappeared in about 12 mins.. I have been prescribed dugs today but experience facia droop before I tok the tablets facial droop be
Thu, 13 Feb 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Based on your symptoms, the most likely cause for your facial droop is TIA-transient ischemic attack. This is the only condition, where facial droop would disappear within five hours or so,
This is likely in your case, as you had a recent TIA, and had not started taking anti-platelet agents.
To prevent future TIAs, you should be on regular aspirin or clopidogrel tablets.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
Based on your symptoms, the most likely cause for your facial droop is TIA-transient ischemic attack. This is the only condition, where facial droop would disappear within five hours or so,
This is likely in your case, as you had a recent TIA, and had not started taking anti-platelet agents.
To prevent future TIAs, you should be on regular aspirin or clopidogrel tablets.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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