If you experience any of these symptoms, you may be experiencing a stroke or a brain attack, and you should seek emergency medical care immediately.
- Sudden severe headache
- Visual disturbances: blurred vision or blindness
- Unconsciousness
- Paralysis or weakness
- Loss of bladder and bowel control
- Difficulty in speaking
- Drooping of one side of the face
Stroke risks include:
- High blood pressure
- Inactivity
- Heart disease
- Obesity
- Cigarette smoking
- Excessive alcohol use
- High red blood cell count
- Drug abuse
- High cholesterol