What are the symptoms of a stroke?

Common symptoms include:

• Weakness of face, arm, leg on one side
• Numbness of face, arm, leg on one side
• Slurred speech or speech difficulty
• Loss of vision
• Double vision
• Loss of balance or coordination
• Giddiness together with one of the above symptoms
• Loss of consciousness or coma
• Worst headache in your life
• Symptoms usually occur suddenly and may get worse over the following minutes or hours. They may occur during sleep and be noticed only on waking up.