Mini-strokes may cause surprising long-term health issue, experts warn
Prolonged fatigue could indicate poor sleep habits — but it could also be a lingering effect of mini-strokes.
That’s according to a new study from Aalborg University Hospital in Denmark, which was published this week in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).
A mini-stroke — medically known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA) — is a temporary blockage of blood flow to the brain that causes a «short period of symptoms,» according to Mayo Clinic.
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The study found that people who experience a TIA are more likely to report prolonged fatigue lasting up to one year.
«Patients with a presumed transient event reported fatigue at levels comparable to a stroke,» lead study author Birgitte Hede Ebbesen, PT, PhD, a physiotherapist at Aalborg University Hospital, told Fox News Digital.
The researchers followed 354 people averaging 70 years of age who had experienced a mini-stroke.
Over a 12..