This vital organ pumps blood throughtout your body.
What is the heart?
100
This occurs when the blood supply to your brain is interrupted or reduced. This deprives your brain of oxygen and nutrients, which can cause your brain cells to die.
What is a stroke?
100
This part of the body drifts downwards when asked to preform a simple task.
What is the face?
100
This amount of stokes occur each year.
What is 800,000?
100
If this is elevated, work with your doctor to keep it under control. This factor is a leading cause of stroke. Have this checked at least once each year—more often if you have a history of this factor.
What is blood pressure/BP?
200
This vital organ is where strokes begin to happen.
What is the brain?
200
This type of stroke may be caused by a blocked artery.
What is a ischemic stroke?
200
This part of the body drifts downward when asked to raise them.
What are arms?
200
We have 55,000 more strokes every year as you guys.
What are women?
200
If you do this, this can double the risk for stroke. If you stop this today, your risk for stroke will begin to decrease.
What is smoking?
300
A tube through which the blood moves through the body
What is a blood vessel?
300
This type of stroke may be caused by a leakage or a burst blood vessel.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke.
300
This can be blurred when asked to repeat a sentence.
What is speech?
300
This many amount of brain cells die each minute during every minute of a stroke. Be sure to act F.A.S.T.
What is 2,000,000?
300
If you have this, work with your doctor to manage it. This factor can cause blood to collect in the chambers of your heart. This blood can form clots and cause a stroke. Your doctor can detect this by carefully checking your pulse.
What is atrial fibrillation/AF?
400
A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body?
What is an artery?
400
Some people may experience a temporary disruption of blood flow through their brain. (transient ischemic attack, or TIA).
What is a (transient ischemic attack, or TIA).
400
If you observe any of these signs call this number immediately!!
What is 911?
400
Stroke kills this many people each year.
What is 130,000?
400
Drinking a glass of wine or beer or one drink each day may lower your risk for stroke (provided that there is no other medical reason you should avoid this). Remember that this is a drug - it can interact with other drugs you are taking, and this is harmful if taken in large doses. If you don’t do this, don’t start.
What is alcohol?
500
When these die during a stroke, abilities controlled by that area of the brain are lost. These abilities include speech, movement and memory.
What are brain cells?
500
This disease is an inherited disorder in which red blood cells take on an abnormal shape. Stroke is a major complication of this disease. Children with this disease are much more likely to have a stroke than are children in general.
What is sickle cell disease/SCD?
500
Act this way if you see someone experiencing signs of a stroke.
What is F.A.S.T?
500
People of all ages can have stroke including under this age.
What is 18?
500
If this is high, work with your doctor to control it. Lowering this may reduce your stroke risk. This can also indirectly increase stroke risk by putting you at greater risk of heart disease - an important stroke risk factor. Often times, this can be controlled with diet and exercise; some individuals may require medication.