Nausea and vomiting
Nausea is a sensation that is produced by the central nervous system – i.e. the brain or spinal cord, among others. If a stroke occurs and thus damages certain areas of the brain, nausea or even vomiting can also be a symptom. This is not a typical, classically most common symptom, but rather an uncharacteristic additional symptom. In addition, nausea can also be associated with stroke symptoms such as dizziness, unsteadiness in walking and headaches.
Speech disorders
Very often the speech center in the brain is affected by a stroke. If nerve cells in the speech center are damaged due to vascular occlusion or cerebral hemorrhage, this is often very noticeable. Approximately 30% of all those affected suffer a speech or language disorder in the course of a stroke.
Paralysis on one side
In very many cases of a stroke, the muscles are paralyzed on one side. This is therefore one of the main symptoms and is groundbreaking for the diagnosis.Depending on which half of the brain is affected by the stroke, the other half of the body is affected by the paralysis: if the stroke happened in the right half of the brain, symptoms appear in the left half of the body and vice versa. Paralysis is characteristically found in the arms and legs, but also in the mimic muscles of the face.
Depending on the extent of the stroke or nerve cell damage, the face, arm and leg may not always be affected. Sometimes paralysis symptoms are only found in the face, only in the arm or only in the leg. Complete paralysis is also not to be expected from the outset, the extent of the paralysis can also vary here.
Hanging eyelid hanging corner of the mouth
If the nervous tissue for the mimic facial muscles is damaged in a stroke, this is also called central facial nerve paresis. The facial nerve that supplies one half of the face then no longer functions correctly, resulting in a drooping eyelid or a drooping corner of the mouth, for example. The entire musculature of one half of the face (in a stroke in the right half of the brain, the left half of the face and vice versa is affected) can then no longer be moved at will. The exception to this is the forehead musculature, which still remains mobile in central facial nerve palsy – frowning is still considered possible.
