Stroke -SAVE A LOVED ONES LIFE BY KNOWING THIS SIMPLE INFORMATION!!!

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I URGE ALL MY FRIENDS TO READ & SHARE THIS; YOU COULD SAVE A LOVED ONES LIFE BY KNOWING THIS SIMPLE INFORMATION!!!

Stroke has a new indicator! They say if you ...forward this to ten people, you stand a chance of saving one life. Will you send this along?



Bloood Clots/Stroke - They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue:



During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) ...she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.



They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.



Jane's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 PM Jane passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Jane would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.



It only takes a minute to read this.

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.



RECOGNIZING A STROKE



Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps, STR. Read and Learn!



Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.



Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

S *Ask the individual to SMILE.

T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. Chicken Soup)

R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.



If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.



New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue



NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.







A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

I have done my part. Will you?

 

[ahheck01]

Thanks for sharing this!

 

[Dan]

Good stuff, sometimes the quacks....errr doctors don't even know the signs. My grandmother was a nurse for decades. She had a stroke, knew she was having one, was rushed to the hospital. They sent her home, said she was fine. Hours later, it got much worse, now she can't walk or use one of her arms.



If you recognize the signs early enough, you can mitigate the damage.

 

[imported_Automania1]

Good stuff, sometimes the quacks....errr doctors don't even know the signs. My grandmother was a nurse for decades. She had a stroke, knew she was having one, was rushed to the hospital. They sent her home, said she was fine. Hours later, it got much worse, now she can't walk or use one of her arms.



If you recognize the signs early enough, you can mitigate the damage.

Dan is correct you have a great chance of almost full recovery if you get to the hospital fast... If anything is out of the ordinary get to the hospital immediately 2 members in my family survived brain aneurysms and one a massive stroke because they went to the hospital within 15 minutes of the incident.

 

[ShineTech]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Accumulator]

New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue



NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.

Thanks for posting that, I hadn't heard it. (My wife, however, already knew..so I'll have to find nine other people to share it with.)