Symptoms of an incipient stroke may include disturbances in consciousness, motor function, sensitivity, and the appearance of facial asymmetry. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection, surgeon and candidate of medical sciences Alexei Kurinny told socialbites.ca. According to him, symptoms of a stroke can include vision, hearing and even taste disturbances.
“It’s a big group of very diverse symptoms, because we’re talking about damage to the brain, which performs the most important function in our body. These can be disorders of consciousness ranging from confusion to complete loss of consciousness, including deep coma. This may be a violation of motor function, a violation of sensitivity, the appearance of drowsiness, facial asymmetry, speech disorder, and periodically a violation of understanding speech occurs. There are also more exotic symptoms of stroke in the form of hearing impairment, visual impairment, and even taste disturbance. “All of this is definitely a reason to be careful and call a medical professional,” he said.
According to the MP, it is almost impossible to help a person suffering from a stroke until doctors arrive.
“It is not possible to provide any assistance until the doctors arrive. We are only talking about restoring airway patency if this condition is accompanied by, for example, vomiting or other symptoms that make breathing difficult. “You need to wait for the arrival of healthcare workers, because advances in today’s medicine make it possible to provide highly effective help and sometimes alleviate symptoms if the patient is taken to a specialized medical facility in time,” he said.
October 27 is World Stroke Day. The day was established in 2006 by the World Stroke Organization to raise awareness of the disease.
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