Coronavirus Increases Risk Of Strokes In Young People

Coronavirus increases risk of strokes in young people

A report from American neurosurgeons says a sevenfold increase in the likelihood of stroke in people under the age of 50 with COVID-19.

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COVID-19 increases the risk of stroke in people aged 30-50, according to American neurosurgeons. They do not exclude that many of these patients do not seek help due to the fact that hospitals are overwhelmed with patients with coronavirus infection.

Thomas Oxley, a neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, and his colleagues described the clinical cases of five patients under the age of 50 who were being treated. All of them suffered from COVID-19 in a mild or asymptomatic form.

“The virus appears to be causing increased blood clots in large arteries, resulting in severe strokes,” Oxley told CNN.

The neurosurgeon said their report points to a sevenfold increase in the risk of stroke in young patients over the past two weeks. Most of these patients have no history of serious illness that predisposes to stroke. They usually received home treatment for mild COVID-19. Two out of five patients did not call an ambulance immediately, but with a significant delay.

Doctors note that in people of this age, strokes due to blood clots in large vessels do not develop very often. Before the pandemic, an average of less than two people under 50 years of age were treated for this at the Mount Sinai Medical Center per month, CNN quoted a report that was proposed for publication in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Doctors pay attention to the fact that with a stroke emergency care is required, the speed of its provision affects the prognosis. Even during a pandemic, if a stroke is suspected, an ambulance must be called immediately.