Suspect a stroke? Act F.A.S.T.
If you suspect that you or a loved one is having a stroke, call 911.
It’s a call that can mean the difference between life or death. Unfortunately, during the pandemic, it is a call that too few made. Across the nation, stroke death rates increased as people elected to stay home with stroke symptoms rather than seek immediate help.
May is Stroke Awareness Month, and I and other neurologists hope that people will remember to act F.A.S.T. This acronym is meant to remind people what clues or signs to look for when dealing with a possible stroke and how to respond:
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Stroke is something that affects many of us, whether it’s happened to us personally or to someone we love, but oftentimes, the perception is that strokes can only happen to older people. That assumption is wrong.
Every year, about 795,000 people suffer a stroke in the United States, according to the Sanford Stroke Center, and while the majority of those people are over the age of 65, doctors say they ve seen an uptick in the number of stroke cases in younger people.
Here’s 4 things you can do to help limit the risk factors for a stroke
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HOUSTON – May is Stroke Awareness Month, a time to spread the word on the nation’s fifth-leading cause of death, in order to learn about warning signs and prevent stroke incidences.
Dr. Sean Savitz, Director of the Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at UTHealth Neurosciences and Stroke Director at Memorial Hermann, breaks down the two major types of stroke and how to limit risk factors for stroke.