8 Signs You Had A Stroke And Might Not Know It.
If a blood vessel gets blocked in the brain or begins to bleed, you can become a high risk for permanent brain damage or death, as the brain requires blood flow in order to function. You have to act fast.
Symptoms of a stroke tend to get ignored, despite the potential for serious brain damage. It’s the 5th leading cause of death in the U.S. You need to recognize the signs in order to survive.
Here you will learn about these signs as well as what will happen when a stroke occurs. You will also learn about the lifestyle modes for prevention and what F.A.S.T. stands for as this will alert you to get medical assistance asap!
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The brain requires blood flow to function. When a blood vessel is blocked in the brain (Ischemic-known as a TIA) or starts to bleed (Hemorrhagic-a full on Stroke), you are at risk for severe and potentially permanent damage to the brain or death, if you do not act quickly.
As with many health issues, SYMPTOMS of a STROKE are often thought to be something else and get IGNORED. As strokes can cause serious brain damage, and is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S., NOT IGNORING THE SIGNS OF STROKE is key to survival.
The VIDEO you are about to watch, does a great job of explaining what actually happens when a stroke occurs, lifestyle modes that will help to prevent a stroke from happening, and most importantly it offers the acronym F.A.S.T. that will alert you to seek medical help immediately!
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Here are some symptoms:
1. Bad headaches or migraines.
2. Extreme fatigue, this can be the onset of a stroke.
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More concrete signs of a stroke are the following which go by the abbreviation F.A.S.T. :
3. Face. The face begins drooping on one side.
4. Arm. The arm experiences numbness. It happens in one arm for more than a few minutes.
5. Speech. Difficulty with speech. Lack of blood supply can cause slurred or garbled speech.
6. Time. Meaning, time is of the essence for getting help.
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Additional SIGNS that SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED ARE:
7. VISION DIFFICULTY IN ONE EYE: Seeing double or blurred vision in one eye often occurs when the brain is affected by a Stroke.
8. CONFUSION or DIFFICULTY THINKING: When a stroke occurs, a part of your brain does not receive blood flow and therefore is STARVED OF OXYGEN which can cause you not to be able to think straight or to speak intelligibly.
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The FOOTAGE BELOW goes into greater depth about LIFESTYLE PREVENTION of STROKE, WHAT OCCURS IN THE BRAIN DURING A STROKE and THE IMPORTANCE of FAST ACTION to ensure healthy survival. It includes a portion of a video of a woman recording herself in the midst of a TIA in which one side of her face and eye are drooping and she is having difficulty speaking.
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