A stroke can either kill you or leave you inflicted with long-term harm and discomfort. The two kinds of stroke are:
1. Hemorrhagic Stroke
2. Ischemic Stroke
The most common one is ischemic stroke. This is when a blood clot in a vessel; thus stop the blood from flowing into your brain.
As for hemorrhagic stroke, it is when a blood vessel in your brain bursts or ruptures. As a result, it causes swelling and buildup a collection of blood outside a blood vessel, aka hematoma or haematoma.
As we know that stroke symptoms usually appear all of a sudden because of an abrupt interruption of blood flow to certain part of your brain. And that part of your brain will immediately stop functioning and the brain cells begin to die.What are the early warning signs of a stroke?
- feeling of weakness of your face, arm, and/or leg on one side of body
- feeling of numbness in your face, arm, and/or leg one side of body
- having problem understanding spoken language
- having problem speaking
- having problem writing
- having double vision
- suffering from dizziness or gait imbalance
Signs Of Having A Stroke Acronym
The four tasks to check whether one is going to have a stroke. They are: S-T-R-T.
S - Ask the person to Smile.
T - Ask the person to Talk or speak a simple short sentence. This is to check for coherence.
R - Ask the person to Raise both arms.
T - Ask the person to stick out his/her Tongue. Check whether the tongue is able to stick out in the middle of the mouth. If it falls to one side, that is also a sign of a stroke.
The important thing is to learn to recognize these symptoms of a stroke. I am told that if we can rush a potential victim within three hours, the doctors could possibly able to reverse the effects of a stroke. But not one hundred per cent guarantee.
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