This article explains the signs and symptoms of a parietal lobe stroke.
Verywell / Laura Porter
The parietal lobe is one of four lobes of the cerebral cortex.
What Are Common Symptoms of Parietal Lobe Stroke?
Verywell / Laura Porter
Broadly speaking, the symptoms of a parietal lobe stroke are defined by which hemisphere is affected.
The remaining 13% arehemorrhagic strokes, sparked by a ruptured blood vessel that bleeds into the brain.
It may also involve thebrainstemand cerebellum.
Gerstmann Syndrome
There are uncommon conditions in which sensory disorders develop in clusters.
What Are the Complications of Parietal Lobe Stroke?
Speech and language impairment can be more difficult to overcome and typically requires ongoing and intensivespeech therapy.
If you’re in doubt, take no chances and call for emergency services.
The signs of parietal lobe stroke can sometimes be less overt.
In some cases, these impairments are permanent.
In others, they may be recovered with physical, speech, and/or occupational therapy.
Knowing what to do when a stroke occurs may secure your life or someone else’s.
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