To Prevent Death Or Disability Seek Immediate Care When Stroke Symptoms Occur

Recognizing the symptoms of stroke and seeking immediate treatment could save your life. What’s immediate? Ideally, treatment for ischemic stroke — the most common type — begins within three hours of symptom onset, says Irene Meissner, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist, in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource. Ischemic stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is suddenly interrupted by a blockage in a blood vessel or artery.

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Filed under: Stroke on January 16th, 2009