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Stroke symptoms and warning signs
Symptoms generally appear suddenly and without warning, and the signs and symptoms of a stroke and a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) are the same. They include:
Other less obvious symptoms include difficulties in perception or thinking, mood swings and personality change.
If a stroke is suspected, it's vital to get medical help quickly. The sooner treatment is given the less damage there is likely to be to the brain tissue and the better the odds of a good recovery.
The symptoms of a stroke and a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) are the same. They include:
Other less obvious symptoms include difficulties in perception or thinking, mood swings and personality change.
If a stroke is suspected, it's vital to get medical help quickly. The sooner treatment is given, the less damage there is likely to be to the brain tissue and the better the odds of a good recovery.
Symptoms generally appear suddenly and without warning, and the signs and symptoms of a stroke and a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) are the same. They include:
- Sudden weakness, numbness or paralysis often down one side of the body, affecting the face, arm, leg or whole side
- Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
- Sudden severe headache with no known cause
- Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or ability to understand what others are saying, or an alteration in speech, such as slurring words
- Sudden difficulty with walking, dizziness, loss of balance or co-ordination
- Swallowing difficulties
Other less obvious symptoms include difficulties in perception or thinking, mood swings and personality change.
If a stroke is suspected, it's vital to get medical help quickly. The sooner treatment is given the less damage there is likely to be to the brain tissue and the better the odds of a good recovery.
The symptoms of a stroke and a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) are the same. They include:
- Sudden weakness, numbness or paralysis often down one side of the body, affecting the face, arm, leg or whole side
- Problems communicating, being unable to talk or understand what others are saying, or an alteration in speech, such as slurring words
- Sudden blurring, loss or disturbance of vision, especially in one eye
- Swallowing difficulties
- Dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
- Sudden severe headache
Other less obvious symptoms include difficulties in perception or thinking, mood swings and personality change.
If a stroke is suspected, it's vital to get medical help quickly. The sooner treatment is given, the less damage there is likely to be to the brain tissue and the better the odds of a good recovery.