The number of esteem-enhancing, or success, incidents on the list equaled the number of esteem depressors, or failure situations. If the child cannot keep his mouth open, use a mouth prop--for example, three or four tongue depressors taped together, a rolled-up moistened washcloth or a rubber doorstop.
Normally, stroke symptoms manifest as slurred speech and numbness. But a fifth of strokes cause dizziness, nausea and unsteadiness. These can often be misdiagnosed as an inner ear infection. The danger is that this can leave the patient vulnerable to more attacks.
Brainstem strokes associated with vertigo or hearing symptoms. The purpose of this page is to consider the findings in brainstem strokes in detail. More general aspects of brainstem strokes and TIA's related to vertigo are considered elsewhere. There are a large number of well described brainstem stroke syndromes. Most of these involve ischemia in the distribution of the basilar or vertebral arteries, as shown to the right.