Health effects of stroke
Learn how a stroke can affect your health.
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Depending on the type of stroke and the timing of intervention, the effects of a stroke vary from mild to severe. People are affected differently.
Physical effects of stroke can include:
- another stroke
- communication problems
- weakness and balance problems, which increase your risk of:
- falling
- swallowing issues
- bowel and bladder issues
The increased risk effects of stroke can include:
- fatigue
- paralysis
- depression
- vision problems
- loss of sensation
- thinking problems
- mobility limitations
- swallowing problems
- worsened bowel and bladder problems
- worsened communication problems, including trouble:
- writing
- reading
- producing or understanding speech
For more information
- Heart and Stroke Foundation
- Living with physical changes
- Living with changes to emotions, energy, cognition and perception
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