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A stroke is when blood stops flowing to a part of your brain. It can affect things like speech and movement, and take a long time to recover. A stroke needs urgent medical help in hospital because it can be life-threatening.

There are three main signs and symptoms.

Face – one side of their face may droop (fall) and it might be hard to smile

Arms – they may not be able to fully lift both arms and keep them there because of weakness or numbness in 1 arm

Speech – they may slur their words or sound confused