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Een opvallend stukje uit Healthday.

HealthDay reports that while transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), or “mini strokes,” can be deadly, many of those who have symptoms of a TIA do not seek “the proper emergency care,” according to a study published in the journal Stroke. For the study, researchers “surveyed 241 people who had experienced” a TIA. Only “44.4 percent sought medical care within a few hours of experiencing TIA symptoms, and only 10 percent sought any emergency medical care for their symptoms.” HealthDay continues, “Another 44 percent waited longer than a day after their symptoms to seek care.” Those who “had symptoms that lasted more than one hour — and those with motor symptoms, such as difficulty walking — were more likely to seek care.” The researchers also found that those suffering TIA symptoms “were more likely to delay seeking treatment” if their “symptoms occurred on a weekend.”

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