‘When I was hit by a stroke’: Nithin Kamath opens up on what he learned the hard way

In a detailed post, he reflected on what he wished he had done differently and urged others to act fast when faced with similar symptoms.“If there’s one thing I wish I had done differently, it would be to go to the hospital immediately, instead of thinking I could just sleep it off,” Kamath wrote.

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Every minute counts:

Kamath revealed that when he was hit by the stroke, he thought he could simply “sleep it off.” Looking back, he said he should have gone to the hospital immediately, within what doctors call the golden hour, the first 4.5 hours after a stroke occurs.

He went on to say that this “nothing will happen to me” attitude is common, especially among people under 50. However, he warned that strokes are increasingly affecting younger adults.