Case study: Artery occlusions

Case 1

Seventy-eight-year-old male type 2 diabetic TL rang for an emergency appointment, having experienced mistiness in front of the right eye on waking. The day before, he had experienced a jagged pattern in front of the right eye accompanied by a thumping headache. Of much more of a concern to his wife had been an incident a week earlier when he had become disorientated in a local car park, having forgotten where the car was parked and appearing lost as to what action to take. His wife felt that he was in this state of confusion for about an hour or so and has consulted his GP immediately who undertook blood tests as well as blood pressure checks. All the tests came up normal.