Brain Attack: What Really Happens During A Stroke?

Stroke sounds like something that happens to “old people”… until it happens to someone you love.

This week on The Pulse Check, we're taking you inside the brain and breaking down EVERYTHING stroke related without making you feel like you're sitting through a 3-hour nursing lecture.

What's actually happening when a blood vessel gets blocked? What's the difference between an ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke? What the heck is a TIA? Why does atrial fibrillation matter? What is the NIH Stroke Scale? What happens when you get to the ER? How do clot-busting medications and thrombectomies work? And why does everyone keep saying “time is brain”?

We're also talking about the stroke symptoms people miss, why strokes don't always look like someone dramatically collapsing, how a stroke can affect speech, movement, vision, memory and personality, and why young people aren't automatically off the hook.

BE FAST.

Because knowing what a stroke looks like could genuinely save someone's life.

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