A mum-of-two is sharing her story as a warning to others that stroke doesn't always present in those well-known symptoms. 9News
The mum-of-two didn't have the usual symptoms – her face wasn't drooping and her speech wasn't slurred.Alison Hallworth was 44 when she had a stroke but the mum-of-two didn't have the usual symptoms like a drooping face or slurred speech making it harder to recognise.
"I'm just fortunate that the bleed actually stopped of its own accord," she said, after it took several hours to diagnose her.However, a new study has found that the way they present can be different across the sexes. Dr Cheryl Carcel from the George Institute for Global Health said women are more likely to have other symptoms, compared to men.
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