Can you be diagnosed by a doctor that you had an actual stroke

@samueltyler2 thank you so much for setting me straight. I learned my lesson.

@Lonewolf511 I hope I didn't offend you. If I did I apologize.

@samueltyler2 no offense taken. It's all fine over here. Thank you, again.

@iamonfire696 right that’s the reason I don’t believe any of it

@Jenny1234 yeah, I'd doubt it myself. Doctors won't take the risk... that is for sure, if he/she didn't run the tests, a malpractice suit staring him/her in the face.

@Jenny1234 When the neurologist thought my Mom had a stroke he sent her for an MRI to confirm and he was right and now she has to take a low dose aspirin everyday.

@Jenny1234 Ok...odd.

@SomeMichGuy agree. That’s why I don’t believe him. It doesn’t add up

@Jenny1234 Agreed.

Requires ignoring him and starting fresh with the second opinion.

@samueltyler2 shouldn’t testing be done to determine if any damage was done?

@Jenny1234 i taught medical students, residents and fellows to decide what, if anything, the result of a test would you have on therapy. If they could not come up with anything, they should not order such a test. As I said previously, though, today if someone is having or had a stroke, the physician should attempt to determine what is causing or caused the stroke. If there is a treatable cause the earlier the treatment, the less likely the long term effects!

@OldBrit it is possible, but rare, for a blood t st to show the cause of a stroke! Since you appear to be allegedly knowledgeable, do you separate hemorrhagic stroke from ischemic, aka coagulation strokes?

@samueltyler2 I'm far from knowing ask a real doctor.

But wouldn't blood coagulation help if it's ischemic. Immflamtory markers too I'd think.

@OldBrit there are a few conditions which can be said to be procoagulopathies. Coagulation means clotting, that is what causes blockage of arteries and produces ischemic damage. They are inherited coagulopathies. Inflammatory markers might be interesting, if you think that the stroke is related to an inflammatory reaction, for example allergy. But,generally now. The required "laboratory" testing is imaging!

@iamonfire696 from what my neurologist told me, the ct is the cheapest, then the ultrasound, and finally, the mri.

@Lonewolf511 that’s true but then that’s two more tests but the doctor should investigate either way.