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85 Years. Blurry Vision And Dizziness After Lunch. On Midrodrine For Low BP. Suggested Vascular Work Up Of Veins In Neck And Skull. Opinion?
in the last 4 days my 85 year old dad has had blurry vision within 30 minutes of eating his noon time meal and felt dizzy. he has normally low blood pressure and takes midrodrine for it. i took him to urgent care to be checked and they did find anything abnormal and suggested he take a baby asprin every morning until he can get a vascular work up of the veins in his neck and skull. we just checked his blood sugar level and it is 113. he is supposed to fly on 6/4/13 and on 6/5/13, is this going to be a problem and what is your opinion of all this?
Wed, 5 Jun 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Most likely, your dad has symptoms of TIA- transient ischemic attack. In this condition, the blood supply to the brain is diminished for some time, during which the symptoms occur. Complete improvement usually occurs within a few hours at the most.
Carotid duplex study of the neck should be combined with MR angiogram of the brain.
Aspirin should be continued. I would advise him to postpone his travel for now, till the work up is done.
Please get back if you require any additional information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
My personal URL on this website: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My email: drsudhirkumar@yahoo.com
My blog: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.com/
Thank you for posting your query.
Most likely, your dad has symptoms of TIA- transient ischemic attack. In this condition, the blood supply to the brain is diminished for some time, during which the symptoms occur. Complete improvement usually occurs within a few hours at the most.
Carotid duplex study of the neck should be combined with MR angiogram of the brain.
Aspirin should be continued. I would advise him to postpone his travel for now, till the work up is done.
Please get back if you require any additional information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
My personal URL on this website: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My email: drsudhirkumar@yahoo.com
My blog: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.com/
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