Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 19th, 2005
Hopefully, such strange and sudden feelings would prompt most people to get help, get to an emergency room, and get treatment right away. And the faster they act, the better their chances of surviving and escaping long-term disability: the only drug to treat stroke needs to be given in the first 3 hours after a "brain attack" starts.
But what if you had a stroke and your symptoms weren't typical' What if you felt sudden pain on one side...
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