Re: Ischemic attack or LBD?

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In a message dated 2001-12-31 10:47:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,

LewyLady@... writes:

> Does this sound like an LBD event to you, or an ischemic attack? (He has no

>

> hx of heart, BP or cholesterol problem.) Any input appreciated. Thanx -

>

We have experienced the B.P. variations, and mood changes, but nothing as

radical as what you have described..maybe you should see the M.D. for the

tests. Does he remember anything of what happened?

Ev

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Thanks, Ev. Yes, he has very clear recollection of all that went on. What

he didn't remember was that awful night last summer during which he couldn't

walk or stand, either. Cheryl

[Guest guest]

Ann, you mother's experience is very interesting. Thank you. If this

happens again I will definitely take his BP. Did your mother ever have a

diagnosis for her attacks?

Cheryl

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Cheryl,

It's a shame that you don't have a B.P. reading from the time of the

attack. It sounds very like the attacks my mother would have

occasionally the last year of her life (She was 90 and did NOT have

LBD). During an attack, her blood pressure (normally low/normal)

would rise to around 200--she would experience some aphasia, and

severe muscle weakness. Within an hour or so, her blood pressure

would drop to its normal level, and she would recover completely,

although she would be exhausted for the next 24 hours or so.

Ann

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Mother's attacks were diagnosed as TIAs. But since she was ninety,

and only had three of them over the course of the last year of her

life, the doctors decided that simply remembering to take her low

dosage aspirin every day was all the therapy indicated. And they had

absolutely nothing to do with the pneumonia that finally killed her.

That was directly related to her osteoporosis, which led to extreme

spinal curvature, which compressed her lungs and left her without

enough lung capacity to fight off the pneumonia long enough for the

antibiotics to kick in.

Ann