Roger Blair, M.D., a neurologist on medical staff at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, says that age, smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea and obesity are risk factors for stroke.

Weakness on one side, speech difficulty, vision problems to one side or numbness and balance issues tend to be early findings associated with stroke.

If there is a problem, the sooner a patient can reach the hospital, the better the opportunity to reverse the effects with TPA medicine.

Because time is critical, protocols are in place to get a patient quickly to a comprehensive stroke center, such as Texas Health Fort Worth.

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