By Jim Taylor Newsbeat reporter
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Twenty-two-year-old Becky Beaumont from Stockport suffers two strokes
Suffering a stroke is something you might associate with people in their 60s and 70s but it can happen to anyone.
Newsbeat has seen figures showing more than 1,000 under-30s are taken to hospital in England each year after suffering one.
Charities say there is still a lack of awareness about stroke, especially among young people.
Twenty-two-year-old Becky Beaumont from Stockport admits she had no idea it could happen to someone her age, until she suffered a stroke last October.
She says she woke up one morning and found she couldn't move.
"I shouted for my mum and when she came in, I could see the panic on her face," she said. "It was terrifying."
She was temporarily paralysed on her left side and has spent the last year trying to build up movement and strength in her arm and leg.
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