Mini-Strokes Often Go Unnoticed: 9 Symptoms You Should Never Ignore

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Ask the person to raise both arms.

If one arm cannot be lifted normally or begins drifting downward, treat the situation as an emergency.

2. Sudden Numbness or Loss of Sensation
   A TIA can cause sudden numbness, sometimes with weakness and sometimes without it.

A person may describe the sensation as:

Pins and needles
Loss of feeling
A heavy or unusual sensation
Numbness on one side of the face
Numbness in an arm or leg
Sudden, unexplained numbness—especially when it affects one side of the body—should not be casually dismissed.

While numbness can have many causes, a sudden neurological change