How to Recognize the Signs of a Stroke

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SIGNS OF A STROKE
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• First, cut this out and put it on your
  refrigerator with some magnets
• SIGNS OF A STROKE SAVE A LIFE!
• Tell the person
• S Smile.
• T Talk to me. Say, Mary had a little lamb.
• R Raise both arms.
• O Open your mouth and stick out your tongue.
• Then you
• K Kall 911 if the person has trouble with any
  ONE of these.
• E Educate others on these signs.

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• Ive received a forwarded email several times in
  the past few years about how to tell if someone
  is having a stroke.Usually I just delete those
  emails that are circling the planet but
  occasionally Ill open them for some important
  message or a good belly laugh. Dont count on me
  though, to forward it to seven or nine or however
  many friends.
• The one I looked at today was one of the
  important ones -- ways to identify a stroke and
  save lives. And AGAIN I printed it out because I
  hadnt memorized it any of the other times Id
  read it.

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• But its four pages (!) - not a short, concise
  thing I can put on my refrigerator. Whoever wrote
  it made a valiant attempt to make it easy for us
  to memorize by having us remember the first three
  letters of STROKE. Then I got the idea to use ALL
  the letters and to share it with my readers.
• A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke
  victim within three hours, he can totally reverse
  the effects of a strokeTOTALLY. The trick is
  recognizing the signs of a stroke and then
  getting the patient medically cared for within
  three hours, which rarely happens. Oftentimes a
  stroke victim will say they just had a dizzy
  spell or tripped on something. It takes fast
  action by someone who knows the signs of a stroke.

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• If someone falls and seems somewhat disoriented
  or a bit shaken up, use these tips immediately.
  Look for slurred speech and weak muscles. When
  they stick out their tongue, if its crooked or
  goes to one side, that also indicates a stroke.
• Yeah, so I cant spell but Kall 911 gets the
  point across.
• Growing younger means living a long, long time
  and having a strong, healthy body and clear,
  sharp mind until the day you leave this planet.
  Know how to recognize the signs of a stroke and
  you may be able to save a life and help someone
  avoid serious brain damage. Pass it on.

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