National Stroke Week: Can you recognise symptoms of a stroke?

A patient undergoes an injected brain scanner to detect a stroke.

A patient undergoes an injected brain scanner to detect a stroke. Credit: BSIP/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

National Stroke Week is running from 8-14 August. With around 770,000 Australians living with its debilitating effects, stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the country. The authorities are encouraging people to learn the signs and symptoms of strokes and dispelling a common myth that strokes are only a problem for the elderly.


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