{"id":632,"date":"2021-09-20T12:27:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T12:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/?page_id=632"},"modified":"2021-09-20T12:27:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T12:27:20","slug":"symptoms-of-a-stroke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/strokes\/symptoms-of-a-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Symptoms of a stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Symptoms of a stroke usually come on suddenly and a huge amount of damage can be done in a very short space of time so it is important to be able to recognise the signs of a stroke. Each minute, over a million brain cells are damaged during a stroke so fast treatment is essential. The sings to look out for are listed below,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li>Face: has the face fallen to one side, can the person smile and have their eyes or mouth dropped at all?<\/li><li>Arms: can the person raise their arms or move both arms? Numbness caused by a stroke prevents some people from being able to lift up their arms.<\/li><li>Speech: can the person talk properly, is their speech slurred or have they lost the power of speech?<\/li><li>Time: if these symptoms are present it\u2019s time to call 999 and wait for emergency help<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAST template applies to 9 out of 10 strokes; additional symptoms may also include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Speech difficulties<\/li><li>Severe headaches<\/li><li>Dizziness<\/li><li>Lack of balance and coordination<\/li><li>Numbness and tingling sensations<\/li><li>Loss of consciousness (this is rare)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guide to Stroke<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/stroke\/index.html\">Stroke Intro<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/stroke\/coping-after-stroke.html\">Coping after stroke<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/stroke\/effects-of-stroke.html\">Effects of stroke<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/stroke\/preventing-stroke.html\">Preventing a stroke<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/stroke\/recovering-from-stroke.html\">Recovering from a stroke<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/stroke\/symptoms-of-stroke.html\">Symptoms of stroke<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/stroke\/tia.html\">Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/stroke\/treatment-for-stroke.html\">Treatment for stroke<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Symptoms of a stroke usually come on suddenly and a huge amount of damage can be done in a very&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":622,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/632\/revisions\/633"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonhealth.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}