Early Warning Signs of a Stroke: Know the Symptoms of Stroke & Help Save Lives by Joyce Knestrick, CRNP, FAANP
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Every 40 seconds, someone has a stroke. Someone in the U.S. has a stroke every 40 seconds, and someone dies from a stroke every 3 minutes and 11 seconds.. More than 795,000 people every year in the U.S. have a stroke, about about 610,000 of these are a first stroke. Too often, victims don’t recognize the signs or wait to see if the symptoms go away before seeking emergency treatment, but this is the wrong approach.
During a stroke, your brain loses 1.9 million cells a minute, and delayed treatment increases the chance of lingering speech difficulties, memory loss, behavioral changes or worse, death. If you experience these stroke warning signs, call for help immediately:
- Blurred vision or seeing double.
- Numbness or the feeling of pins and needles in your arm or other extremities.
- Slurred speech.
- Wobbliness or poor balance.
- Confusion or loss of train of thought.
- A bad migraine.
As we age, it can be easy to chalk stroke symptoms up to just being exhausted, but don’t fall into that trap. If you suspect you are having a stroke, call 911. Every second counts!
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