Symptoms of stroke

Stroke is a common disease in our human body, and the incidence rate of this disease is still very high. Stroke is a disease that is directly related to our brain, so generally speaking, cerebral stroke is more serious. It can affect our entire body, so many stroke patients eventually die. There are also many symptoms of stroke, and many doctors in clinical practice often make judgments based on the symptoms of stroke.

In our real life, stroke patients are still common. If we pay attention, we will find that some people are walking fine, but suddenly fall to the side of the road, and they seem to be unconscious. In fact, this is usually caused by a stroke. So, what are the specific symptoms of stroke?

Stroke is a group of diseases with symptoms of cerebral ischemia and hemorrhagic injury as the main clinical manifestations, also known as cerebral infarction or cerebrovascular accident. It has extremely high mortality and disability rates. It is mainly divided into two categories: hemorrhagic stroke (cerebral hemorrhage or subarachnoid hemorrhage) and ischemic stroke (cerebral infarction, cerebral thrombosis), with cerebral infarction being the most common. Stroke has an acute onset and a high mortality rate and is one of the most important fatal diseases in the world. The mortality rate of stroke also tends to increase with age. Due to the lack of effective treatment measures, prevention is currently believed to be the best measure. Therefore, strengthening education on the risk factors and precursor symptoms of stroke among the entire population will truly achieve effective prevention and treatment results.

Symptoms of a stroke include

1. Headache: Whether it is cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction, headache is very common and is also an important symptom and signal of cerebral stroke.

2. Vomiting: It usually occurs together with headache and is also very common. Its characteristic is projectile vomiting. If the patient vomits coffee-colored (soy sauce-like or brown-black) liquid, it means the condition is very serious.

3. Dizziness: Dizziness is often accompanied by vomiting or tinnitus, which is a common symptom of stroke.

4. Abnormal sensation in one side of the limbs and face.

5. Drooling from the corners of the mouth: If the corners of the mouth are slanted, drooling, or food flows out of the corners of the mouth, sufficient attention should be paid.

6. Sudden visual impairment: manifested as inability to see objects on the left or right or visual impairment. It can also be manifested as transient blackening in front of the eyes or the feeling of a mosquito suddenly flying in front of the eyes.

7. Sudden symptoms of slurred speech and choking when swallowing: The patient may have difficulty speaking clearly, have difficulty pronouncing words, and choke when drinking water or swallowing.

8. Disturbance of consciousness: manifests as confusion, unresponsive breathing, snoring, and in severe cases, deep coma.

There are many symptoms of stroke, which we can find out through the above introduction. The symptoms of stroke generally include: headache, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, drooling, visual impairment, slurred speech, impaired consciousness, etc. Knowing so much is actually beneficial for our prevention of stroke in the future, so we must pay attention to it.