Strokes do not only happen to elderly people; young people are equally concerned. (In general, young people take less long to recover.)

A blockage or haemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain affects the entire nervous system, and can leave serious traces on the victim if one takes too long to react.

According to RTL, a timeframe of 4 hours determines how grave the impact will be.

To decrease the consequences, and even to save lives, one should react as quickly as possible.

An acronym was developed by the National Stroke Association, in the US, which helps to act on signs: FAST, in which F stands for signs in the face, A for arms, S for speech, and T for time.

People are urged to call 112 as soon as symptoms occur, like paralysed or numb body parts, speech or sight difficulties or sudden loss of consciousness.