Stroke warning signs
It happens that a stroke occurs suddenly, but more often it happens against the background of some harbingers. If at least two of the following symptoms recur once a week or more often in the last three months, a visit to your doctor is required:
- Headache that does not have a specific localization and occurs during long work hours or weather disasters.
- Dizziness, appearing at rest and aggravated by movement.
- Ringing or other noises in one or both of your ears, both permanent and transient.
- Memory lapses for the events of the current period of time.
- Any sleep disturbances.
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Stroke symptoms
Even though the signs of stroke are the same for men and women, there are some nuances that women need to be aware of:
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- Lots of women are not aware of stroke symptoms.
- Women have different symptoms from men when they have a transient ischemic attack – commonly known as a mini stroke. Women should pay higher attention to tingling, numbness, instability, vision disturbance, which at first sight can be taken as fatigue or a migraine symptom.
- It is more likely that women who have transient ischemic attack symptoms may actually be having a full stroke than men.
