Know the Signs of Stroke

[soprano]

How do you tell a stroke apart from a migraine?

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How do you tell a stroke apart from a migraine?

I thought about vertigo when I read the symptoms, too. I get vertigo frequently (I'm dealing with it right now after air travel 2 days ago). It's scary to me that I could end up with what appears similar to something I deal with semi-chronically.

[OakLeaf]

I'm not sure you can tell without a scan? When I had my one migraine episode, they did a CT that same afternoon to rule out stroke, even though the only symptom I had was the visual disturbance (and if it had been a TIA, would it have shown up on CT??? I don't know). If you have a history of migraine you might want to ask your neurologist about how to identify stroke.