6 stroke signs you might ignore - but shouldn’t

You think your arm is numb because it “just fell asleep”.
If you wake up from a nap and your arm or leg is numb, it’s easy to assume it’s due to a compressed nerve. “If your arm is suddenly numb or weak, and it doesn’t go away in a few minutes, call an ambulance,” says Professor Ralph Sacco, a neurology specialist at the University of Miami. Decreased blood flow through the arteries that run up your spine to the back of your head causes numbness or weakness on one side of the body.