Emergency treatments can sometimes be used to restore the blood flow. Stroke treatments are most effective if they can be used early after stroke symptoms occur. Most strokes are preventable. And stroke prevention is far more effective than trying to treat a stroke after it has occurred.

Left-sided weakness or paralysis and sensory impairment Denial of paralysis or impairment and reduced insight into the problems created by the stroke (this is called "left neglect") Visual problems, including an inability to see the left visual field of each eye

Paralysis is defined as complete loss of strength in an affected limb or muscle group. Description The chain of nerve cells that runs from the brain through the spinal cord out to the muscle is called the motor pathway. Normal muscle function requires intact connections all along this motor pathway.

The symptoms of an ischemic stroke can involve one or more of the following: One-sided weakness or paralysis. Aphasia (difficulty with or loss of speaking ability). Slurred or garbled speaking (dysarthria). Loss of muscle control on one side of your face or facial droop.