Warning Signs

You can decrease your risk for stroke by reducing your stroke risk factors:

• Sudden weakness or numbness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body.

• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding.

• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.

• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.

• Sudden, severe headache with no known cause.

• Any other sudden neurological dysfunction.