{"id":51867,"date":"2026-11-15T09:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T08:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/15\/stroke-signs-in-women-can-look-different-heres-what-to-watch\/"},"modified":"2026-11-15T09:34:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T08:34:59","slug":"stroke-signs-in-women-can-look-different-heres-what-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/15\/stroke-signs-in-women-can-look-different-heres-what-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Stroke Signs in Women Can Look Different. Here\u2019s What to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to Do Immediately if You Suspect a Stroke<\/p>\n<p>The first thing you should do if you suspect that you or a loved one is having a stroke is to call 911. \u201cNot your doctor, not a ride to the hospital,\u201d Johnston says. \u201cParamedics can start care on the way and give the stroke team a heads-up so they\u2019re ready when you walk in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rapid hospital arrival is critical, Blumfield says, because certain clot-busting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/stroke\/guide\/treatment\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/stroke\/guide\/treatment\/\" cmp-ltrk=\"Article Links\" cmp-ltrk-idx=\"7\" mrfobservableid=\"7adbba20-1062-4f8a-98bb-88e07801b9a5\">medications<\/a>, given through an IV, can completely reverse the effects of a stroke. \u201cGuidelines for administering these medications are generally within three hours of symptom onset, occasionally up to four and a half hours but never beyond that,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>A procedure called a thrombectomy can also be used to remove a clot and is typically done within six hours of symptom onset \u2014 though current guidelines allow it up to 24 hours in certain patients if brain imaging shows there\u2019s still brain tissue that can be saved.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/stroke\/signs-in-women-can-look-different\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to Do Immediately if You Suspect a Stroke The first thing you should do if you suspect that you or a loved one is having a stroke is to call 911. \u201cNot your doctor, not a ride to the hospital,\u201d Johnston says. \u201cParamedics can start care on the way and give the stroke team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":51868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[36,3290],"class_list":["post-51867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-mixtv","tag-neurological-disorders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}