I am male and 56 years old. Late 2021 I had a brief incident that lasted only a matter of minutes where my vision went double. As I stood up I collapsed to floor as I was spinning. After a visit to hospital I undertook various tests all of which were clear except for the Brain mri which shows moderate to severe microangiopathy. This condition , they say , is the reason for the mini stroke , tIa that they have diagnosed based on the clinical symptoms. With normal bp , no diabetes etc I am told this is probably genetic. I wondered if this is familiar to other folks on this forum? Also with the threat of further TIAs and strokes going forward does anyone have a tip with how to get in the right mind set to deal with that. Feels like a major game changer in life to have had this but the fear of more serious consequences is quite concerning. Any advise would be appreciated.
@Welclose welcome to the forum. I echo all that @Mahoney has said. As difficult as it is you should try not to worry & try to keep your stress levels down. Anyone is at risk of serious illness at any point the only difference is they don’t know about it. Live healthily & live your life as best you can.
Best wishes.
I know this post is old but I wanted to say that I am in the same place as you now- worried about how to prevent future strokes due to the cerebral small vessel disease. I just had a second stroke after having 7 months of great BP. Glucose levels, & cholesterol. (That was not the case when I had the first big stroke in 2022) Have you been any additional advice about possible ways to reverse csvd? Everyone on this forum is great about offering support for the fear so now I’m looking at the many people who also seemed to have no risk factors.
It does seem that there are a great many people out there with Csvd who have are stroke free. My understanding from the neurologist is there is no way of reversing.