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Why stroke is attacking youth
Dr Steven Muwonge Matovu, a senior consultant physician in neurology, says many people ignore or fail to recognise warning signs, including sudden numbness, slurred speech, dizziness, blurred vision or weakness on one side of the body, before a major stroke develops, causing severe brain damage. Specialists say stroke treatment is time-sensitive because certain clot-dissolving medicines are most effective within the first three hours after symptoms begin.
A young girl who suffered a stroke at a medical facility
By: John Musenze, Journalist @New Vision
KAMPALA - Ssempijja, 21, had never imagined he would ever spend Wednesdays seated among dozens of stroke patients at Mulago National Referral Hospital, relearning how to walk, stretch