What exactly is the "stroke" that people often talk about, and how can we quickly identify it in daily life?

The scientific name of "stroke" is "cerebral stroke". Stroke is a disease caused by sudden blockage or rupture of cerebral blood vessels at a certain part. It is generally divided into two categories: "cerebral infarction" and "cerebral hemorrhage", including ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. Among them, ischemic stroke, namely cerebral infarction, accounts for 70% of all strokes.

Cerebral infarction is like a clogged canal causing the land to dry up, while cerebral hemorrhage is like a dam bursting, flooding the entire village.

Blood vessel blockage

Vascular bleeding

The main symptoms of this disease are hemiplegia, crooked mouth and tongue, slurred speech, and even sudden coma and unconsciousness. Because of the sudden onset and rapid changes, it has the characteristics of "wind is prone to change and changes frequently", so Chinese medicine calls it stroke.

Now that we know the principles of stroke, let me share with you a simple and easy-to-use 1-2-0 method for judging stroke:

Remember the above steps to identify stroke in three steps. After confirmation, please call 120 as soon as possible.