Would that involve difficulty with being able to speak and make sounds? Why is the person able to write in perfect grammatically correct language, yet not able to utter more than a grunt for speech?
2007-01-16 05:30:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anania M 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
TIAs are precursors to stroke: if thr deficits are there longer than 24-48 hours, it's a stroke.
The left temporal lobe contains the speech area in 99.9% of right-handed people and 90% of lefties. Writing is produced in the left parietal lobe.
Your patient has the disorder of expressive aphasia without agraphia. Alexia (the acquired inability to read) is also a possibility, even if the patient can write.
Almost all patients that recover the ability to speak will still have word-finding problems as a residual deficit, and the severity varies from patient to patient.
I hope that by now, this patient has started working with a speech pathologist in order to regain some sort of communicative competence. Physical and occupational therapies are also very helpful fo regaining functional movement and self-care abilities.
I hope this helped.
2007-01-16 08:42:52 · answer #1 · answered by boogeywoogy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The letters "TIA" stand for Transient Ischemic Attack... and thus by definition it is TRANSIENT... ie there are no long term effects from it and it usually resolves in minutes to hours.
If these symptoms are persistent, then the person has had a STROKE (not a TIA) which means there is death of some of the brain tissue and this can be irreversible, or they can regain some of the lost function with therapy.
Not to get to technical, but the reason that they may be able to write without speaking is that these "expressive" actions come from slightly different areas within the brain and the connections between them are very complex. This person has what is termed a verbal expressive aphasia.
Hope this helps
2007-01-16 05:42:49 · answer #2 · answered by Friendly Neighborhood Doc 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
TIA stands for transischemic attack. That means it is transient, here and gone which also means there are no lasting effects. It can be a warning sign though for more serious things to come. Now a CVA or cardiovascular accident can leave permanent difficulties.
2007-01-16 05:38:10 · answer #3 · answered by Tulip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TIA's don't leave permanent damage are you sure the person didn't have a CVA??
2007-01-16 05:46:56 · answer #4 · answered by st.lady (1 of GitEm's gang) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋