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Help, my mum has had an Homonymous Hemianopsia, pos due to mini stroke, how worried should she and I be?

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WideWebWitch · 14/03/2006 14:17

This happened yesterday - it's where she suddenly couldn't see anything in the right hand field of vision, so i.e. she could only see the right hand side of her face/anything she looked at. She went straight to the doctor, who diagnosed as per thread title, prescribed aspirin and has made her a neurologist appt for a weeks time. She is fit, well, normal weight, normal blood pressure etc, looks adn seems much younger than her 65 years. How worried should I be? She played it down saying there was no point in worrying atm but I need to know more really. TIA to anyone who can offer reassurance or positive stories.

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Enid · 14/03/2006 14:19

no advice just Sad to hear this www, Enid x

Tinker · 14/03/2006 14:20

Don't know anything about it but hope all's not going to be too bad.

GDG · 14/03/2006 14:21

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Don't have any experience but wanted to reply to your post

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WideWebWitch · 14/03/2006 14:26

Thanks, thanks, I'm suddenly in quite a tizz about it. I'm seeing her on Friday and we're going for a walk.

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WideWebWitch · 14/03/2006 14:45

bump

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tamum · 14/03/2006 14:47

Is she better now, www, or are the symptoms still there?

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WideWebWitch · 14/03/2006 14:47

She can see, symptoms lasted a few minutes I think and then she could see again.

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tamum · 14/03/2006 14:50

That's good. My MIL had a mini-stroke a good few years ago, and I was sitting in a seminar about them yesterday. The only real problem with them is that you are at increased risk of a proper stroke if you've had one, so that's why they'll have given her aspirin (MIL is on heparin). In a kind of way it's quite good, in the sense that it's a really useful early warning sign, and anti-clotting therapy can start. Very worrying for you though, I am sorry :(

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WideWebWitch · 14/03/2006 14:53

Thanks Tamum. So is anti clotting stuff all they can do and is it likely to be effective?

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tamum · 14/03/2006 14:56

I think so, but it is pretty effective. MIL's was about 6 years ago I think (she's 92!) and she's had no further problems. I'm pretty sure dh had one years ago too- he fainted at work, rang me up and talked a load of old rubbish, and then was fine the next day. That was about 12 years ago. The good thing is that blood clotting can be monitored, and it's well tolerated, so she should be alright- I do hope so.

Bugsy2 · 14/03/2006 14:57

My mother had this the week after DD was born, so nearly 4 years ago. I am pleased to tell you that she made a full recovery and although it took her about a month for her vision to return to completely normal and all the dizziness to go. 4 years on, she is fine and has not had any repeat episodes.
Hope that is of some comfort WWW.

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WideWebWitch · 14/03/2006 14:58

Thank you Tamum, I'm very grateful, it sounds reassuring. she doesn't smoke and never has done, hardly ever drinks, eats healthily, is fit. I really can't bear the thought of anything happening to her. She's only 64/5 (?) too, it's not old.

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WideWebWitch · 14/03/2006 14:58

Thanks bugsy, I'm pleased to hear that too.

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georginarf · 14/03/2006 15:09

HI WWW
don't know if exactly the same thing, but my father has had 2 mini-strokes, the first around 7 years ago, the second about a year ago. he is 75 this year and deeply unhealthy in other ways, so not like your mother. My mother had one 3 years ago and is absolutely fine, also my MIL had one a year ago and is fine. My aunt had one recently too. None of them have any lasting effects from them (except that with my dad there was an underlying problem which he's been operated on for successfully). Goodness, that's an awful lot of them in one family!

In other words, as your mother is v.healthy, hopefully it shouldn't turn out to be too much of a worry. these ministrokes seem to be a bit of a warning sometimes, and I am sure that the neurologist investigations will find out if there's any underlying problem or not. Or it could just be an isolated instance - with my aunt they eventually decided it was a one-off possibly tiggered by stress. There shouldn't be any lasting effects for you mother either.

this is a bit of a ramble, but HTH. It can be scary for everyone - I was the one who noticed that my father had had one and it was quite a shock.

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WideWebWitch · 14/03/2006 15:24

Thank you georginarf, that's really helpful, in fact all this good anecdotal news has calmed me down a LOT, you're all lovely, thank you.

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