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World Stroke Day takes place on October 29th annually. We look at the symptoms, and how you can prevent stroke.

Make small changes to improve your brain function and prevent stroke.

Diet, do you smoke, do you drink. alcohol can contribute, smoking a risk factor. if you have diabetes, any underlying blood vessel disease. theres a small genetic component that is a part of it. we dont know his family history, obviously hippa violations. but he could have been born with a genetic defense in his heart making it a higher risk of stroke and stronger complications. >> what about the rest of us? what are we looking for for stroke symptoms and so forth? maybe smaller strokes. what ar...

>> yep. >> is that arm that she has raised in the air, is that a paralyzed arm? >> the arm she has raised in the air is the unparalyzed arm. she is unable to raise her left arm. she can only raise her left arm that much. lydia, she is 6-year-old -- she was 6 years old in the picture, and she developed this in 2014. interesting her and her brother both got sick at the same time, and they had the cold-like symptoms, and her brother is fine and lydia developed sudden on set left arm weakness, and h...

States with confirmed or suspected cases. and as abcs clayton sandell reports, the virus may have a new symptom. >> reporter: deborah johnson says enterovirus 68 nearly killed her son, 13-year-old simon. >> i was scared because i could feel myself not being able to stay awake. >> reporter: barely able to breathe, simon spent nine days in the hospital and now officials warn that patients with respiratory illness could possibly face a new complication. >> for over a week weve had about 850 cases o...

Frankly its unbelievable to watch, but the fact that she had presence of mind to do this is really something that we should all pay attention to. >> thank god for the cell phone camera, theres evidence, irrefutable. theres one thing that is fascinating. theres an app called f.a.s.t. through the american heart association, fast, f, facial droop, a, arm weakness, s, slurring of speech and t, time to call 911 and thats the through the american heart association, for stroke. downloadable app can you...

Hormonal changes whether its birth control or smoking or all these other risks that can change that, stress can do this. depression can do this. those are the changes that can cause this. what i want you folks to know, if somebody is having a stroke right in front of you, you need to know about this. arm weakness and slurred speech at times. its brain loss. >> the ability to go to the hospital and get not anecdotes for stroke, but time matters. what about hormone replacement therapy? should we r...

Changes, whether it is birth control pills or stress can do this, depression can do this, a migraine. there are changes that can cause you. if somebody is having a stroke right in front of you, you need to know about arm weakness, blurry speech and time. >> and this ups your possibility of going to the hospital, but what about hormone replacement therapy? thank you, doctor, should we reconsider women of a certain age to do that because that can put you more at risk or less? >> dr. colby, i think...

Thats is that one whos had a mini stroke is ten times more likely to go on and have a full-on stroke. so thats pretty serious. i mean, people who have had mini strokes need to know that they need to really be wary about this. >> what can someone do? especially when you could be in the middle of it. what does it feel like? what are the signs? >> there are certain signs you should look for. its important for all of us to know this. you never know what youre going to be with someone who may have a ...

She really wasnt sure why. that was the sense that captain kelly sort of left me with in terms of what her mental state is now. she was able to dangle her feet over the side of the bed and able to move both her right and her left leg. its a little unclear just how well she is moving her right arm. thats one of the big areas of concern that captain kelly talked about along with his doctors. might she have some right arm weakness? might she have some difficulties with her speech? it was also what ...