How to recognise a stroke and what you should know about their treatment

What a fucking joke of an article. A great stroke association president would make sure articles like these are factually correct, rather than this 'happy talk' and lies.  You only have a 10% chance of getting to full recovery. For the miniscule percentage of stroke patients that actually get tPA it only fully works to reverse the stroke 12% of the time. It likely can save your life, it did save mine, but does little to nothing to stop the neuronal cascade of death  ,
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-recognise-treatment.html
One in every six people will experience a stroke during their lifetime. And by the time you have read this article, it's likely that someone in Australia will have experienced one. Stroke kills more women than breast cancer and more men than prostate cancer yet you're unlikely to read much about it.

There are lots of common misconceptions in the community of what a stroke actually is, how to recognise if someone is having one, and the treatments that improve stroke survivors' outcomes.
There are new treatments available for stroke(REALLY?); however these are time dependant. So it's important for the person having a stroke to get to hospital quickly. These time critical therapies often heavily rely on people recognising stroke quickly, and acting quickly to get emergency medical care. (They also barely work-12% full tPA efficacy is a failure.)
What is stroke?
A stroke can be simply described as an attack on the brain. There are two main types. "Ischaemic" and "haemmorhagic" stroke. Ischaemic stroke is often caused by a blockage in one of the vessels that supplies the brain with oxygenated blood, which eventually causes cell death in the area of brain affected.
Haemmorrhagic is a bleed into the brain. This is often caused by high blood pressure, which causes a weakening of the end of the vessel wall, causing this to burst and bleeding to occur into the brain.
Why does it happen?
There are a number of reasons stroke occurs and a number of well established risk factors. Some of these you can change (modifiable), and others you can't (non-modifiable).
Stroke is more common in men than women and as you get older your risk of stroke increases. While stroke is not hereditary, having a family history of stroke increases your risk. These are known as non-modifiable risks.
There are a range of medical conditions that increase a person's risk. These include atrial fibrillation (the most common heart rhythm disorder), high blood pressure, diabetes, a previous stroke or mini-stroke, and high cholesterol.