Mar
Ex Member
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Hi Jesenia,
As you probably know, the dangerous thing with this disease is that you may not have any real serious symptoms to warrant the proper tests to be diagnosed until after you stroke/hemorrhage, cuz if you’re getting just enough blood flow to the brain from your collaterals (MM vessels) you may not have any symptoms at all or you may only have symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, tingling/numbness, confusion or fogginess, especially when doing many things at a time, you’re easily distracted etc. This is all due to the body having such a hard time getting the blood around your brain, due to all the network of the new MM vessels. For those symptoms, many are not diagnosed until after a stroke or after the disease reaches an advanced stage with considerable blockage causing obvious symptoms such as TIA’s. Every case is different.
Research of any kind is outstanding. It saves lives, bless your heart for helping her, but my point is, your friend could still have MMD, and the danger and risks that go with it, without having any symptoms at all---to having many of the symptoms such as TIA’s. That is one of the reasons why this is a monster of a disease, it’s a silent killer. Your friend needs the proper diagnostic testing to be sure. I hope she gets it.
Mar
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