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1). Mini-Stroke: A Term That Means Everything and Therefore Nothing
What is a "mini-stroke?" Doubtlessly, you've heard someone use this term before, and you might have even seen it in print. What does this term mean to you? Probably something less than a full-fledged stroke, which is a permanent brain injury due to a blocked blood vessel or a hemorrhage that produces obvious clinical impairment. But, apart from that, what exactly does it mean?
One might suppose mini-stroke to be a term with a definite meaning that everyone agrees upon.
Article tags: cerebral, infarction, stroke, definition, terminology, misdiagnosis, treatement, transient ischemic attack, tia, mri, scan, unknown bright objects, ubos
2). Abuse Victims Widely Misdiagnosed
Survivors of child sexual abuse are very often misdiagnosed. They mostly suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder but get the label "borderline personality disorder."
Article tags: abuse, sexual, child, misdiagnosis, diagnosis, borderline personality disorder