Hey my Name is austin i joind this site because i have a phobia fowlowed by symptoms of TIA or Stroke i fear them and sometimes i experiance symptoms i always check my face and i sometimes fell numb in my cheeks but people say thats anxitey i just dont know i am booked in to a ct scan on the 14th just help me know are they scary painfull hurt i just want to know

Hello Austin and welcome to NeuroTalk. I'm sorry that you're going through these symptoms at the moment. What you described can be brought on by stress, but I think it's good that you're getting this test done to ease your mind.

CT scans are not scary, or painful in any way. You simply lie down on the XRay table and the scanner takes a series of cross-sectional photos.

Wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing to your appointment. Some places require you to change into a hospital gown, where others don't.

Metal objects including jewelry (piercings too), spectacles, and dentures can affect the CT images and should be left at home or removed prior to your scan. You may also be asked to take out any removable dental work.

Good luck with the results. Let us know how you get on.

Hey i worry about a stroke s my brain is normal i still worry about a stroke what i wanted to know is do strokes hurt i will read my findings out if thats okay.

Unenchanced scaning of the brain peformed

No intra or extra axial haemorrage or mass lesion

the ventricals and csf spaces are normal
no evedence of acuteor established infraction
no bony abnormailty of the skull base or vault

Okay so there are my findings do i have a problem with stroke or not? do strokes hurt are they a nice way to go i just dont know

Hello Austin. Your scan seems pretty good.

People can get odd feelings in the face (tingling/numbness) if their calcium level is low. So make sure you eat yogurt once a day (400mg there) and drink juices with calcium added (like Minute Maid w/calcium) and eat your veggies. You can take a supplement too if you want.

Also at your age, a stroke is not common. But if you are low in B vitamins, you can develop elevated homocysteine levels, which irritate the blood vessels. This can lead to blocked arteries as you age. So it is good insurance for you to take a B-50 complex of your choice once a day in the morning. This may help your anxiety some too.

So take my VB okay i will do i drink alot of low fat milk so no worrys with calicum but with my ct if i were having problems would it show up?

Welcome to the forum Austin!



I have a bit of experience with this since my mom had strokes later in life. They saw the damage on the MRI and I think it showed up on the CT scan as well.

I agree with MrsD. It's very rare for strokes to happen in people your age. It will help you to feel a bit better though if you eat healthy foods, take your vitamins and get regular exercise as long as you don't have any condition that limits physical activity.

When I was in my early 20s, my sister had a brain aneurysm and I often worried that the same thing was going to happen to me. So I decided I was going to take extra good care of myself to lessen the chances of that or other illnesses.

I hope you'll start to feel better soon. There are lots of nice people here so maybe you'll make some friends if you look through the forums. Take care.

Hi again Austin. Your CT result was normal.... no tumors, no bleeds, no aneuysms and no evidence of a stroke, from what you've written. Even TIAs usually leave some evidence if you've had them in the past, and there's no evidence of those either.

As mrsD said, Vitamin deficiency could give you the symptoms that you've been getting, or stress could bring them on.

It sounds like you haven't been back yet to see your doctor to get the official report of your scan. Hopefully when that happens your doc will be able to ease your mind.

Im scared of heart atack aswell and the smorning i woke up my whole left arm was numb and could bafrley moove was it a tia am i going to have a stroke in the next 48 houres

Do you play a lot of computer games or x box games?
repetitive motion things??
sitting for long stretches of time with bad posture???

Sometimes those activities can cause symptoms in your arms- the nerves or blood flow can get affected by the static postures. { not a lot of movement to keep things flowing like they should.}


sleeping with arms in certain positions can make your arms go numb.
a certain % of people will lose the blood flow to the arms when arms are above the head.

Hi Austin

the very best thing you can do is to get your parents to take you back to the doctor to discuss your CT scan and you can tell him your concerns

did you know that even stress can cause the symptoms you are describing...
it may just be that you are so worried that you are getting what is known as "psychosomatic" symptoms

often, when we read up on stuff on the Internet, we can imagine the worst!

I hope your doctor will be able to set your mind at rest