🩺 Symptom Guide
Speech Disturbance
Assess urgently for acute stroke/TIA, intracranial haemorrhage, seizure-related deficit, hypoglycaemia, CNS infection, and other focal neurological emergencies.
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Red flags
- Sudden onset speech change
- facial droop
- focal limb weakness or numbness
- reduced GCS
First actions / assessment
- ABCDE first
- record full vitals, GCS, and capillary glucose immediately
- determine exact time of onset or last known well
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