KNOW YOUR STROKE SYMPTOMS.

Stroke is one of the most important disease causing death and disability around the world. Knowing the early stroke symptoms and signs are important. a person with acute stroke, if brought to the hospital within the right time period, can be saved. Time is an important factor here. Clot Bursting medications are only useful if patient is brought to hospital within 4.5 hours of onset of stroke. So it is important to identify stroke symptoms at its onset. 
 Stroke Symptoms can be easily remembered with the acronym  BE FAST
Stroke symptoms are usually sudden to occur and remember ....

 - Balance problems like loss of balance or swaying while walking.

-  Eye sight  problems like loss of vision or doubling of vision.


F - Facial droop or asymmetry.

A -  Arm or Leg weakness.

S - Slurring of speech or swallowing difficulty.

T - Waste no time. take them immediately to a hospital



                                                        BE FAST and BE SAFE

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