Is this woman experiencing a headache, a migraine or a brain attack?
If you answered headache or possibly a migraine you would find yourself among 70% of women who don’t know a severe headache could also be a symptom of a stroke or the more accurate term “brain attack.”
While women have become savvy about the health implications of breast cancer and heart disease, many unfortunately do not have the same self care knowledge when it comes to a brain attack.
10 Things You Should Know About a Female Brain Attack (stroke)
- US women are three times more likely to experience a stroke than men
- Only one in four women can recognize more than two stroke symptoms
- Twice as many women die of a stroke than breast cancer
- There is a 10% increase in stroke potential for every decade after age 55
- Women can have a stroke at any age
- Pregnancy can increase the risk of a stroke
- Women may also experience stroke symptoms that differ from men
- A stroke can be preceded by symptoms that briefly appear but then disappear for hours, days or months
- Abdominal fat seems to be a greater stroke indicator in women than men
- A stroke is the leading cause of death for Hispanic women, and African-American women experience a higher stroke rate than Caucasian women
Stay tuned our next posting will tell you what are the unique brain attack symptoms every women should know.
– by Joyce Hansen
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I’m glad to share the information with everyone because this is serious. I would greatly appreciate it if you would pass the information on to the women you know.
This is such important information! I had no idea of the gender differences associated with stroke…and it has touched my life recently. Thanks for putting this out there…
Hi Joyce,
Wow! Is this new information? Last I researched the subject (about 6 years ago, I think) strokes were almost equal between men and women. However, younger and older women had slightly more strokes than men of those ages, but middle-aged men had more strokes than middle-aged women. Now women are 3 times more likely than men? Ugh! That’s really scary!
Wow – this is some pretty powerful information, Joyce. And I hope it will become “empowering” for all the women reading your blog. Terrie made a very valid point. The blogging challenge is a great venue for “spreading the word”.
Thank goodness for people like you who care enough to bring awareness to issues such as stroke.
I applaud you!
Hugs,
Melanie
This is such important information! I had no idea of the gender differences associated with stroke…and it has touched my life recently. Thanks for putting this out there…
Well now Joyce, this is powerful information. I am looking forward to this series. Thanks for sharing and keeping us all alert.
Joyce,
this is such important information. I’m glad you did it for the blog challenge because then it can reach so many more people. With the awareness about breast cancer so high, we really do need to make an extra effort to increase awareness of stroke. I smile at a billboard I drive by alot that says “Stroke Happens”
Thanks for posting this
Terrie