1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Dec 26, 2006, 6:11 pm PST

Great article with good information. If you can tolerate aspirin and don't have ulcers or other stomach trouble, taking a low dose 81 mg aspirin a day or is one small easy thing that can help thin the blood. (of course, talk to your dr. to be sure it's safe for YOU!) And either way it is good to have aspirin in your house or with you at all times in case of emergency.. If you THINK you're having a heart attack or stroke take one on the way to the ER or while waiting for the ambulance...

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Dec 26, 2006, 6:15 pm PST

Also, it is a great idea to check with the hospitals in your area to see which ER's are best equipped to handle stroke patients. There are some treatments that can reverse the effects of a stroke, but MUST be administered within an hour of having it and some hospitals do not have the equipment or medicine to do this. So know ahead of time which hospital is best for strokes and heart attacks.

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Jan 07, 2007, 6:40 pm PST

How serious is a ischemic happing do I see a doctor or ignore it?

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Jan 20, 2007, 9:16 am PST

would be one of the signs is that you are walking to the right

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Feb 20, 2007, 12:32 pm PST

for almost 5 yrs i have been told i have tia's and a mild stroke which left left sided weakness and now they are saying i have never had a stoke or tia's that it could be seizuers or m-s

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Mar 03, 2007, 5:16 pm PST

i have the symptoms of a heart attack went to er to be told no such hing, seen by cardioligist who ran stress and echo, still says no problem. do have some leakage, a weak valve, heart functioning at 60% but not o worry, still have same problems on a daily basis, with staggering, but because i was diagnosied with parkinsons disease 8 years ago they want to associate it with that, although i know that it is different than what i experience with the parkinsons, also i want to sort of walk toward the right, but nothing to worry about, someone please tell me i am not a NUT

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Mar 03, 2007, 5:17 pm PST

i have the symptoms of a heart attack went to er to be told no such hing, seen by cardioligist who ran stress and echo, still says no problem. do have some leakage, a weak valve, heart functioning at 60% but not o worry, still have same problems on a daily basis, with staggering, but because i was diagnosied with parkinsons disease 8 years ago they want to associate it with that, although i know that it is different than what i experience with the parkinsons, also i want to sort of walk toward the right, but nothing to worry about, someone please tell me i am not a NUT

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Jun 12, 2007, 11:10 am PDT

im haveing numness in my face left side and left arm and leg what should i do its bing going on for 3 days

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Aug 16, 2007, 7:20 am PDT

what are my chances to suffer stroke I weigh 90kg and I smoke 5 sticks of cigarrete with 1.2mg nicotine

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Sep 08, 2007, 10:06 pm PDT

my blood pressure is sometimes really high or sometimes really low. I am only 38yrs.old. When i go to the doctor its within normal range.

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Sep 30, 2007, 6:31 pm PDT

help

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Oct 09, 2007, 7:04 pm PDT

i awoke one morning in 2004 and had no feeling in my right hand.i was checked out and was told it could probably be a mild stroke.i lost the feeling in my hand for around 2month. isaw a specialist,and was told they thought it was a nerve in my arm which caused it.this happened in scotland,where i lived,and was told i would get an operation to repair the nerve, guess what? i'm still waiting.

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, Oct 25, 2007, 10:56 am PDT

I am 40 years old and the majority of my life I,ve been relativily healthy. about a year ago I was diagnosed with an esophageal avm and i am convinced that it is the reason i am all of a suddenly having severe and intense migranes, nosebleeds, trouble with speech and memory. Am I wrong in my assumption, is it just old age?

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14. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sat, Mar 29, 2008, 5:05 pm PDT

i have headaches on the right side of my head and low blood pressure on my left side and normal pressure on my right

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15. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Aug 22, 2008, 2:00 pm PDT

This is a really great article. One of my friends had sent me something similar. The three ways of recognizing a stroke. They were 1. Ask the individual to smile 2. Ask the person to talk in a simple sentence coherently. 3. ask him/her to raise both arms. If the person cannot do any of these things it could be a sign of a stroke. If you get to the person within 3 hours of a pending stroke, you could help them reverse it. I'm glad I have that information handy. I urge anyone to write these down. It could save somebody's life.

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