Creator: Dr. Simi Paknikar
Keywords: Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome, Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency, Glossary

Written by Dr. Simi Paknikar, MD

Medically Reviewed by Dr. Nithin Jayan, MBBS, DNB

Last Updated on Jun 02, 2016

Glossary

Transient ischemic attack: It is a transient episode of neurologic dysfunction caused by loss of blood flow to the brain. It is often labelled “mini stroke”

Vertigo: Vertigo is a sense that you, or the environment around you, is moving or spinning, when there is no actual movement

Atherosclerosis: This is a condition in which plaques develop inside blood vessels

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