How to Recognize a Stroke

If you're diabetic, hypertensive, or both - you should probably learn to recognize a stroke. Why - you say, because time lost is brain lost and brain lost is decreased quality of life, and we don't want that. Based on information obtained from Lutheran Hospital's Stroke Center the signs that you may be having a stroke are:

• Sudden numbness or weakness in face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body.
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding.
• Sudden trouble seeing in one eye or both.
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.
• Sudden, severe headache with no cause.

Please make sure your family or close friends know these signs so they can act quickly and call 9-1-1.