These individuals exhibit stroke-like symptoms, episodes of lethargy, and delirium.
The patient was a 48-year-old man with hypothyroidism, multiple episodes of encephalopathy, stroke-like symptoms and Hashimoto's thyroiditis confirmed by elevated anti-thyroid antibodies.
Functional apoplexy is when a person appears to be having stroke-like symptoms but there is no brain abnormality.
While the stroke-like symptoms can range from worrisome to debilitating, the good news is that no permanent nerve damage occurs from this type of migraine.
Severe ciguatoxin, or "tropical fish poisoning" can produce stroke-like symptoms.
Doctors said Johnson's stroke-like symptoms were caused by the tumor pushing against the brain.
Mini-strokes cause temporary stroke-like symptoms, such as dizziness or weakness on one side of the body.
She had been there since reportedly suffering "stroke-like symptoms" the previous Monday.
Marcello Malpighi died of apoplexy (an old-fashioned term for a stroke or stroke-like symptoms) in Rome on September 29, 1694 at the age of 66.
Unable to see straight or even swallow, he went to several different doctors but none of them could diagnose what had caused the stroke-like symptoms.