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How To Recognize Stroke When It Happens

you ever asked yourself how do you identify "stroke" when it happens? a "stroke" or cerebrovascular accident is caused when a blood clot clog a vein that leads to your brain. the effect can be lethal or it can leave you a vegetable for the rest of your life. unfortunately, a "stroke" is sometimes not so obvious until the patient goes into arrest. Doctors say that if stroke is identified and given treatment within three (3) hours of incident, the effects can be COMPLETELY reversed. The following are general symptoms of stroke: severe headache with no known cause weakness, numbness, or tingling in the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance, or coordination inability to speak or difficulty speaking or understanding trouble seeing with one or both eyes, or double vision confusion or personality changes difficulty with muscle movements, such as swallowing, moving arms and legs loss of bowel a...