Strokes is the fifth leading in causing death in the world and a major to cause long-term disability.
Learning the essential warning signs of stroke will help you minimize the cause of potential life threatening event of stroke. Before stroke attacks, you will have warning signs.
People who are over 55 years old are much higher at risk in stroke. These days even by the early ages stroke may attack you. In order to know and be aware of it before it attacks and giving you a chance to seek for medical attention, you need to know these below.
The F.A.S.T
F: Face dropping. One of the side in your face will start to drop or feeling numb. This will be felt especially in the morning. When seeing a doctor, you will be asked to smile and your smile will be uneven.
A: Arm weakness. When you wake up in the morning till late at mid day your arm will feel numb. When asked to both lift your hands one arm will slowly drop and feel weak. You will also feel tiredness on your shoulder ball socket.
S: Speech difficulty. You will have trouble speaking. Speech will sound slurred or you will have difficulty in understanding words. When asked to repeat words like ‘The sky is blue’ you will have difficulty in repeating it correctly.
T: Time to call 911. When you are having all symptoms about a week to two,is time to call 911 for medical attention for assessment. Even if symptoms go away, you need to go to the clinic or doctor because strokes might be going back for another hard attack which might be fatal.
Few more ones you should know
Numbness or weak in the face, leg or arm.
Confusion or difficulty in understanding.
Trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
Sudden dizziness, trouble walking or imbalance.
Sudden or severe headache without obvious causes.
Transiet ischemic attack is a mini stroke which will appear before the major stroke. Early signs are essential in preventing the further damage to the brain. Major strokes usually cause permanent disability or even death. Seek medical attention soon as you having one of the symptoms one or twice in a year so that your doctor will rule out the chronic in you if you have those symptoms.