WORLD STROKE DAY🤯

WHY SHOULD I BE WORRIED🤷

Am young and healthy.

Am perfect and fine.

Why should l be worried about stroke.🤔

29th October is "World Stroke Day" the theme for this year is "minutes can save lives" 

WHY YOU NEED TO BE WORRIED 😳

- Stroke has turned some breadwinners to dependent individuals.

- Stroke has caused many to remain in bed when they have lots of places to visit.

- Stroke has caused some relationship to abruptly come to an end.

- Stroke has made many spend all their life savings on medical bills.

- Stroke has taken many lives that we have lost count.

Each year about 795,000 persons in the united states have stroke and of these incidents about 137,000 of them die.(www.nichd.nih.gov>conditioninfo)

If these number of persons die in the united states yearly with all their technological advancement in medicine what can we say about Nigeria??

RIGHT STEPS TO TAKE

- Regular check up.

- Regular Blood pressure check.

- lf you have a family member that have died of stroke you're already at risk, so you need to go for check up more often.

- Eat healthy

- Exercise

- Avoid sedentary lifestyle.

- Report any unusual symptoms to the doctor, and not only to your pastors and neighbor.

The fact that stroke is a serious medical conditions does not mean there's no solution or cure.

Early detection, 

Prompt management is one of the sure way to go.

Is "World Stroke Day! Don't let stroke give you some strokes before you report it!

Minutes can save lives!

( By ✍️ Prisca Ojiobianu)

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