{"id":694,"date":"2021-05-26T15:54:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T22:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/?p=694"},"modified":"2021-05-26T15:54:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T22:54:34","slug":"celebrating-american-stroke-month-fullerton-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/celebrating-american-stroke-month-fullerton-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating American Stroke Month | Fullerton, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May is the month we celebrate American Stroke Month<\/a>, a time to raise stroke awareness. Strokes do not discriminate; they can affect people of all ages and backgrounds. According to the American Stroke Association<\/em>, someone has a stroke every 40 seconds, and that\u2019s in the United States alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We shouldn\u2019t stand idly by while this disease ruins and takes the lives of our loved ones, especially when it is preventable, treatable and beatable. The following list is a few things that everyone should know about stroke prevention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not just an age thing. <\/strong>Stroke risk does, in fact, increase with age. However, young adults, children and even unborn babies can suffer from a stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep calm.<\/strong> High blood pressure is a stroke\u2019s first target. Keeping your blood pressure under control reduces your risk and prevent stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s treatable.<\/strong> There are blood clot-busting drugs and medical devices have made stroke largely treatable. However, every second counts, nearly 2 million brain cells die each minute a stroke goes untreated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Know the signs. <\/strong>By learning the signs and symptoms, you too can save someone from suffering from a stroke. F.A.S.T. is an acronym used to detect the strokes: Face dropping, Arm Weakness, Speech difficulties and Time to call 9-1-1. When you can spot the signs, you\u2019ll know that you need to call for help right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Stroke Month wants to help others by increasing their knowledge of strokes<\/a>, so that they may be able to save a friend, family member or their own life one day. Make it a mission to help build a healthier life for you and the ones you love to prevent against stroke and cardiovascular diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like more information on stroke signs and symptoms, contact Dr. Gordon C. Gunn MD at 714-912-2211\u00a0or visit\u00a0<\/strong>www.gordongunnmd.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to schedule an appointment today.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Gunn proudly serves Fullerton and all surrounding areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May is the month we celebrate American Stroke Month, a time to raise stroke awareness. Strokes do not discriminate; they can affect people of all ages and backgrounds. According to the American Stroke Association, someone has a stroke every 40 seconds, and that\u2019s in the United States alone. We shouldn\u2019t stand idly by while this … Continue reading Celebrating American Stroke Month | Fullerton, CA<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[167,57,48,54,29,38,5,67],"tags":[121,53,6,156,194,7,40,170,51,120,43,39,106,65,73,74,105,151,21],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3mKiD-bc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":695,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}