A load noise(bruit) heard in the neck: This is often heard by your doctor with a stethoscope. This could be a sign of narrowing of the artery in the neck.

Weakness in the arm or leg or both on the same side: This can range from total paralysis to a very mild weakness. Complete numbness or a pins-and-needles feeling may be present on one side of your body or part of one side of your body.

Weakness in the muscles of the face: Your face may droop or look lopsided. Speech may be slurred because you can't control the movement of your lips or tongue.

Difficulty speaking: You can't speak, speech may be very slurred, or when you speak, the words sound fine but do not make sense.

Coordination problems: You may seem uncoordinated and stumble or have difficulty walking or difficulty picking up objects.

Dizziness: You may feel drunk or dizzy or have difficulty swallowing.

Vision problems: You may develop difficulty with vision, such as double vision, loss of peripheral (side) vision, or blindness. (Blurred vision by itself is not usually a symptom of stroke.)

Sudden headache : A sudden, severe headache may strike like "a bolt out of the blue." Some people have called this the worst headache of their lives.

Loss of consciousness: You may become unconscious, stuporous, or hard to arouse and could die.