Miguel A. Lopes / LUSA
The Minister of State and Finance, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento
Minister of Finance entered the hospital with a suspected stroke. After all, he had experienced a Transient Ischemic Accident.
The Minister of Finance went to Santa Maria hospital, in Lisbon, this Wednesday morning.
The first information pointed to a suspected cerebrovascular accident (CVA), but after all Miranda Sarmento – which was left for observation – there was a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).
And it’s not surprising that there was an immediate association with a stroke: TIA is often described as a “mini stroke”, or “stroke principle”.
A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a lock temporary and short-term blood flow to the brain or spinal cord. It usually lasts less than 5 minutes.
It may be caused by a clot; the clot that causes the blockage usually dissolves on its own or “breaks free,” describes CUF.
It is often ignored, because it does not cause permanent damage – but it is a Notice. After TIA, a stroke may even occur, either on the same day or in the following days. Or another AIT emerges.
AIT can affect the he speaks, a vision or the movements of certain parts of the body. Like a stroke.
“There is an area of the brain that from one moment to the next stopped receiving blood flow and this causes the abrupt onset of symptoms. It could be an interruption of speech, a loss of strength on one side of the body”, describes neurologist Vítor Tedim Cruz, president of the Portuguese Stroke Society.
Anyone can have a TIA. But there are some factors that increase this risk: tobacco, hypertension, cholesterol, physical inactivity, poor diet or being overweight.
These are controllable. Others are not: age (over 55 years), family history, previous TIA or sickle cell disease.
O treatment undergoes various medications, surgery or angioplasty.
Nuno Teixeira da Silva, ZAP //
