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Step up to a Healthier You with the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit

Stroke Prevention

How A Stroke Can Affect You

Depending on the location of the stroke in the brain, a person could experience:

  • paralysis or weakness on one side of the body;
  • visual changes:
  • trouble speaking or understanding language;
  • failure to recognize or use familiar objects;
  • tiredness;
  • depression;
  • exaggerated or inappropriate emotional responses;
  • difficulty learning and remembering new information; and changes in personality.