Franche-Comté. Driving after a stroke or TIA: "We should support patients rather than stigmatize them."

Can you first explain to us what the difference is between a stroke and a TIA?

"Strokes include three types of pathologies: ischemic strokes or cerebral infarctions, which represent the most numerous cases and are characterized when an artery that vascularizes the brain is occluded; hemorrhagic strokes (or intracerebral hematomas), when an artery in the brain ruptures; and finally, TIAs (which are therefore strokes, cerebrovascular accidents). This also involves an artery that is occluded but in a transient manner, without causing damage to the brain and with clinical signs that resolve quickly (in less than an hour). "

What happens when a user has a stroke or TIA?

“Usually, when you have a stroke or a TIA...

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