It's very important knowing the signs and symptoms of a stroke.
The health problem requires urgent medical help in a hospital and can be life-threatening. A stroke is when blood stops flowing to a part of your brain and can impact things like speech or movement.
According to the NHS, a stroke can sometimes take a long time to recover. There are a few symptoms which could happen suddenly, which include face or arm weakness and speech problems.
Other signs include blurred vision or loss of sight in one or both eyes, confusion and memory loss. Now to mark World Stroke Day on Tuesday (October 29), one TikTok user shared four steps to recognise the signs.
Dr Joe, with two million followers, shared the FAST acronym which is a "simple and effective" way to recognise the signs of a stroke. It stands for: Face Dropping, Arm Weakness, Speech Difficulty and Time To All Emergency Services.
In his caption, he continued: "This tool helps in quickly identifying a potential stroke, enabling prompt medical intervention, which is vital for reducing the severity of a stroke and improving recovery chances."
Then in the video, he added: "This gentlemen is going to have a stroke live on video, as you can see he's doing his normal workout routine without difficulty. But the first thing you notice is his face is asymmetry as both sides look differently from each other.
"Then you notice he's having difficulty picking up his boxing glove with his right arm, he's got right arm weakness. The FAST acronym should help you remember obvious stroke symptoms, facial asymmetry, arm weakness, speech problems and time to call 911."
Towards the end of the clip, the doctor then showed the man recovering from the stroke where he's sat on the hospital bed giving a thumbs up. Since the informative clip was shared, it garnered 228,000 likes and thousands of comments.
One said: "Thanks for posting. I was asleep in bed when my first stroke happened. When I woke up, I couldn't speak, walk or pick anything up. I was 50 that day."
While another added: "Scary because he looks very fit." Then a third commented: "Bro looks so healthy though." And a fourth revealed: "Stroke survivor at 35. Mine was speech, right arm weakness and numbness."
Strokes could impact people in different ways. For some, it may take days or weeks to recover and there will be little impact on their life. Meanwhile others might spend months or years in recovery.
It could even mean life changes, which includes things like adapting your home to make it easier to move around. You might even stop work for a while or long term.
