What stroke mimics must you consider, and what would you do if CT shows haemorrhage instead?

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Common mimics include hypoglycaemia, seizure with Todd's paresis, migraine, functional neurological disorder, space-occupying lesion and sepsis or metabolic disturbance — which is why early glucose and imaging matter. If CT shows haemorrhage I would stop the thrombolysis pathway, seek urgent stroke and neurosurgical input, achieve careful BP control, reverse anticoagulation if relevant, and arrange neurocritical monitoring.

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