TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack)

It happens without warning. Suddenly one hand no longer obeys. Words won't come out, even though you know exactly what you want to say. One eye no longer sees properly. Your face feels foreign — numb, lopsided, no longer yours. And then, after minutes or hours, everything is normal again. As if nothing had happened.

But something did happen. A TIA — a transient ischemic attack — is a brief interruption of blood flow in the brain. Medically it is an emergency and a warning signal: it indicates that a stroke may be threatening. This physical reality takes absolute precedence. Whoever experiences a TIA calls 112. Immediately. Without any ifs or buts.