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Complications of Stroke

These cover the whole range of brain function and include:

• paralysis of varying severity, usually affecting one side of the body,
• sensory loss so that part of the body doesn’t seem to ‘belong’,
• loss of vision,
• language difficulties in understanding,
• expression or both (aphasia),
• memory loss,
• inability to count,
• loss of the power to recognise objects by feel,
• incontinence,
• severe personality changes, and,
• swallowing difficulty.

Unfortunately, as the risk factors are usually still present after the first stroke, there is always the possibility of further strokes to add to the disability. Everyone who has survived a stroke should be clearly aware of the risk factors and should do everything possible to minimise them.

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