Disease Information : Stroke : Symptoms

Stroke : Symptoms

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Symptoms of Stroke*

Call 911 for help if you think someone is having any of these symptoms. Treatments will need to be initiated within a few hours to be most effective.

The symptoms of stroke are distinct because they happen so quickly:

• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg (especially on one side of the body)
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding speech
• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
• Sudden severed headache with no known cause

*Source: NINDS National Institutes of Health

Stroke section was last modified: December 21, 2010 - 06:03 pm

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