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STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be w ith us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

It only takes a minute to read this...

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps, STR. Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

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*Ask the individual to SMILE.

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*Ask the person to TALK.. to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE
(Coherently) (i.e. . . It is sunny out today)

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*Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

{NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue... if the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke}

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
 
I had a TIA stroke last year March 8, 2005 at 5 am. Spilled cold water on my left hand puzzled couldnt feel the cold and realized my entire left side was all numb. Called 911 , 2 mins later officer was at door and called paramedics took me to hospital and got a lovenox injection and 10 mins later my left side regained sensation.

Dr says it was a TIA type of stroke. A mild stroke but it was a major warning enough to keep me in the hospital for 2 days with them waking me up every 30 minutes if I was asleep.

I seem to have recovered well from the stroke. Dr couldnt find any physical causes to the TIA. The dr and I agreed it was a likely stress related incident because our deaf center was in the middle of a nasty fundraising blackhole.

Richard
 
Wow, Nesmuth, you are lucky to recognize the symptoms of early TIA stroke and went to ER, got a injection to suppress the numbness.

Don't forget that diabetes can lead to stroke as well. Since I am diabetic, I hav to watch out for any unexpecting symptoms.
 
That's interesting... Now I know what to do when I feel it could be a sign of a stroke. By asking them to smile, talk or raise both arms up. thanks for creating a thread like this.
 
Oddball said:
Wow, Nesmuth, you are lucky to recognize the symptoms of early TIA stroke and went to ER, got a injection to suppress the numbness.

Don't forget that diabetes can lead to stroke as well. Since I am diabetic, I hav to watch out for any unexpecting symptoms.
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i NEVER know about the diabetic can lead into stroke. Yucks ! I better keep my eyes on my husband.
 
Stroke is a silent killer - unless we can see the warning signs FIRST!
 
Yep it is a silent killer.. we didnt know that my stepdad had stroke? how long did he suffer from it? we didnt know. i felt guilty about it.. and should have recognize the symptoms but too late.. hes gone.. he was sick with prostate cancer as well so we didnt know cuz we know he was sick for a while so assumed it was from cancer but boy we were wrong. :(
 
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