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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. there's a small genetic component that is a part of it. we don't 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 are we looking for? >> a great question, trace. 150,000 people die every year from a stroke. so it's...

>> 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 her mom is a pediatrician, and u ultimately she was diagnosed with this afm. good news is over the la...

States with confirmed or suspected cases. and as abc's 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 we've had about 850 cases of respiratory illness coming in. >> reporter: at children's hospital colorado, nine patients are n...