Stroke is the most common occurrence on once health especially the elderly with heart disease however it is a very long process of healing. It occurs once the blood flow is blocked and bleeding into the brain. There are different stages or degree of stroke. Below are some of the warning signs we could observe before having a stroke.

1. Severe headache without any cause.

2. Having a problem with balance and coordination that cause trouble in walking.

3. Sudden difficulty with your vision either one or both of your eyes.

4. Face drooping having a hard time to control face muscle if yours’ seems to be numb and when you smile it may seem to appear uneven then you might be having a stroke.

5. Speech difficulty is when you cannot speak straight or any form of speech abnormality. You could confirm such abnormality when you ask a person to repeat simple sentences and he or she cannot complete it properly.

6. Arm feels numb when you ask a person to put up both and an arm drift down then that person is having a stroke. Once you confirm that the above symptoms occur you might as well call the emergency hotline to help.

The best thing to do in such cases is the acronym FAST which stands for Face, Arm, Speech and Time. The faster you observe the patient the better chance the hospital could give great care of medication. If a person is having a mild stroke the IQ of that person may show signs of temporary weakness and for some speech, arms and legs show weakness as a result of a mild stroke. Speech therapy Newcastle and physical therapy will help the patient to overcome their weakness but in some cases, they are permanently paralyzed on one side of their body and unable to speak. The family of some survivors would same that the patient who went through a lot of time and patient to go back to how they were before. The way they speak and physical movements might be reversible but the perspective of the patient and its emotional growth will forever be different than before. They will look at life as a second chance for them to be better but few percentages may not seem to do so.