You know how you always here that you smell burning toast or smoke of something like that right before you have a stroke? Why is that? Is it just anecdotal or is there science behind it?
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There is a story about a woman who had seizures, and smelling burning toast was a symptom before it happened. It aired on TV for a while in Canada as a famous story in the country, heritage celebration thing so it got some attention. While the symptoms may vary, for this woman burnt toast smell was the symptom. Since they can train service dogs to recognize when a person they are trained with is about to have a seizure I’m sure there are other symptoms as well.
I don’t know the science and details behind it, but if there is a brain defect that triggers seizures, it may be in a specific sensory area that goes off “first”, making you feel/smell/see something ahead of the seizure starting.
And yes, seizure, not stroke. A stroke is when the brain suffers a blood flow problem and usually manifests as a person with half their body not working right.. slurring words, weirdly slumped face. If someone is having a seizure, you usually just need to make sure they don’t flail about and hurt themselves. If someone is having a stroke, get them to the hospital *immediately*.
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