After a TIA, why would you want to increase your blood pressure?!


Question: After a TIA, why would you want to increase your blood pressure.?
This is what the doctor wanted to do after a patient had a possible TIAHealth Question & Answer


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There are two types of cerebrovascular accidents or what we commonly call a stroke. There is the ischemic type- lack of blood supply to the brain. the second type is the hemorrhagic type- from ruptured blood vessels in the cranial vault.

In TIA- by the name itself, there is a need to maintain adequate blood supply to the brain. That is the reason why the blood pressure should be optimized (not necessarily to be increased too much)- to assure the brain of its food and nutrients (blood).Health Question & Answer

After a TIA or ischemic stroke, the doc will want to maintain the BP at a higher than normal level. This is because in these situations, regulatory mechanisms in your brain may be a bit messed up, and if your BP drops to normal, your blood vessels may constrict and cut off blood flow to some parts of your brain, causing another stroke.Health Question & Answer

Time for a second opinion.Health Question & Answer



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