This month is a good time to review
stroke symptoms - here's a recent quick list of
the symptoms from the Duluth News Tribune:
Sudden confusion or trouble speaking
Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side
Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
Sudden trouble walking, dizziness or loss of balance
Sudden severe headache with no known cause
In a news release, the Minnesota Department of Health said 45 percent of Minnesotans don’t know those signs. The health department finds that troubling, because stroke is the third-leading cause of death in Minnesota, with 2,154 deaths reported in 2010. More than 75,000 Minnesotans, or 1.9 percent of adults, reported having had a stroke in their lifetimes.
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