STROKE : an association made the tour of the beaches to raise awareness

STROKE All concerned

Published the 01.08.2017 at 16h01

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Since 25 July, funny tricycles roam the beaches of the South-West of France. Island of Oléron, Royan, Soulac, Hourtin… Behind Philippe Meynard, some volunteer associations, France STROKE 40 and STROKE All concerned have embarked on a journey of 380 miles to raise awareness about stroke.

The small troupe will be in the Landes this week. Party to Arcachon Monday, she made a stop Tuesday at Biscarosse, before joining Mimizan and Saint-Girons Wednesday, and Hossegor on Friday. Finally, it will arrive in Biarritz on Saturday.

At each step, approximately 300 people are well sensitized on the beach, and close to 100 taken of blood pressure are made, and bags containing items of information are distributed.

01/08, day 8 “round beaches prevent #STROKE #leisure” : 10h/17h, beach Dufau @BiscaTourisme, team joined to ???????? at 11: 00 from #Arcachon pic.twitter.com/7wgxUed50y

— STROKE, all concerned (@philippemeynard) July 31, 2017

Philippe Meynard leads

The association STROKE All concerned setting Philippe Meynard, a former mayor of Barsac in the Gironde, himself a victim of a STROKE in 2014, to carry the fight. The Hospitals of Bordeaux and the regional Agency of health New-Aquitaine, as their ambassador against the disease.

Each year, 150 000 STROKES are registered in France, which represents one accident every 4 minutes. STROKE can strike at any age, and can leave sequelae in the vast majority of cases. The associations go to meet holidaymakers to alert on the risk factors of STROKE and its warning signs, often easy to spot, but poorly known to the general public.

Muscular weakness, paralysis of a limb or a part of the face, numbness, loss of vision in one eye or a part of the field of vision, difficulty speaking, or even just a headache is intense and brutal and should be a warning.

Certain factors increase the risk of reporting a STROKE : smoking, high blood pressure, or diabetes, but especially eating disorders and excessive cholesterol.