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Academician Boytsov named the main signs of a stroke

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Academician RIA Novosti reports the words of Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Boytsov about the main signs of a stroke: speech impairment, facial distortion, weakness in an arm or leg.
He also noted that shortness of breath during exercise, swelling of the legs and high blood pressure require consultation with a cardiologist.
Previously, Alexander Umnov warned about a transient ischemic attack with similar, but short-term symptoms.

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Stroke is an acute disorder of cerebral circulation that requires immediate medical attention. Main symptoms include speech impairment, facial asymmetry, and limb weakness.

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Impaired speech and the use of arms and legs, facial distortion can be called the main signs of a stroke. The chief freelance cardiologist of the Russian Ministry of Health, General Director of the National Medical Research Center of Cardiology named after Academician Chazov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Boytsov spoke about this, writes RIA Novosti.

“With a stroke, speech may be impaired, the face may become distorted, an arm, leg, or both may stop working. In this case, measures must be taken immediately to call an ambulance and transport the person to the vascular center,” he emphasized.

According to the specialist, shortness of breath during habitual exercise, swelling of the legs and high blood pressure may be symptoms that require you to consult a cardiologist.

Previously, it was also reported that facial asymmetry, weakness in the limbs, speech impairment and severe headaches could indicate a stroke, warned Alexander Umnov, senior lecturer at the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, State University of Education. He noted that sometimes the symptoms are temporary - this is a transient ischemic attack, or “mini-stroke.” The symptoms are the same, but disappear within a day.