Can small blood vessel cause a coma ? Atherosclerotic plaque Posted: 07-16-07 13:45pm
why is my blood vessel on my left side of
the neck getting smaller and what really
happen to cause me to get into coma???? i
do have tingling on the left side of my
neck but i do not know if and when i get
into a coma???? it just happens.....
"List of other diseases, conditions, or
injuries and their treatment: rhumatoid
arthritis, hip replacements on both sides
numerous of times, right shoulder
replacement, cleft palate, deaf on left
ear and wear hearing aid on right ear, can
not walk therefore using power chair 110%
of the time, thyroid problems, cholesterol
problem, acid reflux, depressions, nerves,
unable to handle stress at times....
Current medical status: about 2 months
ago, i went into a coma for 5 days and on
fifth day, i woke up as if nothing has
happen.. no ivs, no
monitor,,,nothing....they did catscan&mri
and said that my head is getting
older????? the ultrasound showed that my
blood vessel on the left side of my neck
is getting smaller??? i have no other
informations and they just let me go home
from the hospital that day......they think
its stress.... i do have heart murmur....i
am not getting any straight answ..ers
Current medical treatment: no medications
or any instructions on what to do......"
It seems unlikely that a physician would
write “head is getting older” in an
MRI or CT scan report. Next time, simply
report the result exactly as it was
written. You also didn’t explain that
state of “coma” very well. Coma that
is due to stress and anxiety is not a real
coma.
Blood vessels on the neck can become
narrowed due to atherosclerosis. The walls
of an artery are damaged because of the
cholesterol precipitation. Atherosclerotic
plaques form in the artery’s wall and
they are places susceptible for developing
thrombi. A thrombus created on such plaque
can separate from the plague and tcan
reach the brain causing temporary ischemia
(thromboembolia) through the blood flow .
Such ischemias are usually temporary
because there are blood mechanisms that
the body triggers that dissolve the
thrombus (fibrinolisis).
The symptoms of an ischemia are the same
as in blood insult, but last only
temporarily. After dissolving the thrombus
,the blood flow is established again and
the symptoms disappear. Your state of
“coma” could be due to such a
transitory ischemic attack. You can
request a carotid arteriography to reveal
the atherosclerotic plaques or to check to
see if there are any.
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