Jakarta, There is a behavior in society that pricks a needle or cuts a little skin on people who have had a stroke until the blood comes out. It is said that the goal is to facilitate the flow of blood that is blocked due to a stroke. the part where the needle is pierced so that the blood comes out is done on all the fingertips or in the ear. Then there is also the act of tugging at the ear if you see a stroke patient whose mouth is sticking out. Unfortunately, this action has absolutely no evidence and even tends to injure the sufferer. There is no empirical evidence for treating needle pricks or ear tugging as first aid for stroke. There are so many things in society that are misunderstood about various ways to be done during an emergency, for example pricking with a needle. Actually, this method is not empirically proven to cure the early phase of stroke, said Dr. Manfaluthy Hakim, SpS (K) from the department of neurology FKUI when contacted by detikHealth, Wednesday (07/04/2012). Dr. Luthy said the most appropriate way to treat stroke is to immediately take him to the hospital, this is because the success of a stroke is strongly influenced by time. Dr Luthy used to call the golden period for a stroke 3 hours after the initial attack. If they are helped during this golden period, the chances of recovery are greater than those who are helped too late, said the doctor who was born in Jakarta 49 years ago. If you experience or see symptoms like these, you suddenly experience paralysis on one side of the body, speak sluggishly, tingling in one part of the body or become unconscious, you should immediately be taken to the hospital for treatment and treatment. Do not delay any longer or try to help self-medicate, because how quickly the patient gets the right help, the damage to the brain caused by a stroke can be minimized. People sometimes recognize the term mild stroke if the symptoms that appear are not too severe or only a few signs and symptoms appear. But society should not underestimate this condition. If we don't have the term mild, moderate or severe stroke, everything is the same, namely stroke and the treatment is the same. Because if you call it a mild stroke and there is no treatment, it can become a serious condition, he said. For example, the blockage in the brain is only a little but if it is not immediately taken to the hospital it can become severe, other conditions such as a ruptured blood vessel that has expanded can make the patient unable to be helped. Dr. Luthy revealed that based on data from Riskesdas in 2007 it was known that at the age of 55-64 years, both people living in cities and villages, stroke was the main cause of death.