Stroke is an acute cerebrovascular disease, also known as stroke, which is divided into hemorrhagic and ischemic. Stroke is characterized by high morbidity, as well as high rates of disability, mortality and recurrence.
If there is no scientific and standardized treatment 24 hours after the onset of symptoms, it is very likely that the patient will die, which is very harmful to health and life.
Therefore, once the symptoms of stroke occur in daily life, it is necessary to treat it as soon as possible. However, there are many people who do not know what are the specific symptoms of the body when suffering from a stroke?
1. Numbness and weakness in the body and face
Especially in the case of ischemic stroke, patients will have symptoms such as limb and facial numbness for a period of time before and at the beginning of the disease.
Because the patient's brain blood supply has been a problem, it will lead to abnormal sensory and motor nerve function, resulting in some numbness, weakness and stiffness in the patient's limbs. Especially on the left side of the patient's body, this feeling of numbness and weakness is particularly pronounced.
And the patient's facial muscles also experience this discomfort, such as the patient's facial muscles are particularly prone to chills, numbness, or no sensation.
As a result, the patient has a crooked mouth angle, a corner of the eye, and even a phenomenon of involuntary saliva.
2. Persistent headache and nausea and vomiting
Whether it is a hemorrhagic stroke or an ischemic stroke, patients will experience headaches of varying degrees.
For example, in the case of ischemic stroke, severe blockage of blood vessels in the brain will lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain. Blood vessel walls can be subjected to excessive pressure, and blood pressure values can also be abnormal.
Intracranial pressure rises rapidly, causing patients to experience a persistent and severe headache.
If you have a hemorrhagic stroke, it will also increase the intracranial pressure and cause defects in nerve function, resulting in repeated headaches. It can also be accompanied by nausea or vomiting.
3. Lack of energy or drowsiness
Many stroke patients will have a very obvious lack of energy and severe drowsiness in the period before the acute attack.
Due to cerebral ischemia or cerebral hemorrhage, the brain is severely oxygenated and insufficient blood supply, which will cause the patient to appear drowsy all day. Even if the patient keeps sleeping, the patient will be in a state of drowsiness every day.
4. Language and vision abnormalities
Especially when the face of a stroke patient has a tingling phenomenon, the patient's lips and tongue may also be numb or stiff.
It will lead to the problem of ambiguous language when the patient speaks, or even suddenly unable to speak. And because the optic nerve will be violated, it will affect the patient's vision, resulting in a sudden decline in the patient's vision, or the phenomenon of blackening in front of the eyes.
When these symptoms occur, most patients will have recurrent tinnitus, dizziness, or recurrent nosebleeds.
All in all, if you have the above 4 symptoms in your daily life, or if you always have unexplained falls, fainting, and constant hiccups, then you must be on high alert, these symptoms are related to having a stroke.
Patients must go to a regular hospital for a series of examinations, and take corresponding methods for treatment under the guidance of doctors, and they must do a good job in daily nursing work in order to maximize the maintenance of their health.