Stroke Symptoms Aren’t Subtle
They are also often very easy to diagnose, even without a medical agree the majority of the time. The most commonly used test to determine whether or not someone has had a stroke is the FAST (Face Arm Speech Time) test for which you check to see if an individual’s face is drooping on one side when asked to smile, if one of their arms drift downward when asked to life them both up, if their speech is slurred or strange when asked to repeat a single phrase, and to immediately call 911 in the event that any of the aforementioned signs are observed.
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