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AIM BeYOUtiful Health
Better health through better living.
It’s your future… Be there happy and healthy.
Your body is your most priceless possession...
So go take care of it.
BE STROKE AWARE
SOURCE: US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE ON WOMAN'S HEALTH NATIONAL STROKE ASSOCIATION
6
PRIMARY
STROKE SYMPTOMS
Each year, stroke kills twice as many women as breast cancer. Yet only in 4 women can name more than two of the six primary stroke symptoms, according to the National Stroke Association. Taking time to learn the signs of stroke might save someone's life, maybe even your own.
1. SUDDEN NUMBNESS OR WEAKNESS
OF FACE, ARM OR LEG ESPECIALLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE BODY.
2. SUDDEN CONFUSION OR TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING.
3. SUDDEN TROUBLE SPEAKING.
4. SUDDEN TROUBLE SEEING IN ONE OR BOTH EYES.
5. SUDDEN TROUBLE WALKING,
DIZZINESS LOSS OF BALANCE
OR COORDINATION.
6. SUDDEN SEVERE HEADACHE
WITH NO KNOWN CAUSE.
370,000
Number of Men who suffer a stroke each year
STROKE SYMPTOMS UNIQUE FOR WOMEN:
SUDDEN HICCUPS
SUDDEN SHORTNESS OF BREATH
SUDDEN HEART PALPITATION
SUDDEN FACE AND LIMB PAIN
SUDDEN NAUSEA
SUDDEN GENERAL WEAKNESS
425,000
NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO SUFFER A STROKE EACH YEAR
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