Signs Someone May Have Had a Stroke in Their Sleep

Signs Someone May Have Had a Stroke in Their Sleep

Vision and Hearing Problems

A stroke can damage the part of the brain that regulates our senses. As a result, you might experience vision and hearing problems in your waking. Even our sense of taste and smell might be disrupted.

Trouble Communicating and Understanding Others

When a stroke damages parts of the brain that control thinking, memory and language, you might experience trouble communicating and understanding others in your waking.

Facial Numbness

 A stroke can damage Broca’s area, the part of the brain that helps the facial muscles and tongue to function properly. As a result, you might experience facial numbness.

Ieva Kubiliute

Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).

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