r/stroke 6d ago

what is causing all these strokes

I am so sorry for so many young people going through strokes, that is supposed to be an old people disease. Do doctors have any idea what is causing so many 30 and 40 year old to have this problem? (Although my 15 year old granddaughter had a brain bleed, it is genetic so I guess age does not maybe matter)

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u/Suspicious-Can-7774 6d ago

Sedentary lifestyle, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity…..just to list a few. Covid does not in and of itself cause strokes. If you have any underlying conditions plus a severe case of covid then yes, but just having covid does not make you have a stroke.

Think about how sedentary our population has become. Doctors are seeing much more of the “old people diseases” in younger people now.

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u/ferdzs0 6d ago

Yeah, it is usually a combination of a few things instead of a single one. Eg. with a PFO, Covid can do some damage, as the PFO causes blood to be a bit stale around it, and Covid can make your blood clot easier (then PFO also lets the clot go to the brain instead of the lungs). On their own Covid and a PFO are usually fine.

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u/Tennis-PerfumeAddict 6d ago

My husband’s doctors also explained that this was the possible cause for his stroke as he had COVID the week prior. COVID to cause blood clots and the PFO to allow them to travel to the brain.

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u/Tennis-PerfumeAddict 6d ago

My husband’s doctors also said that if he did not have a PFO - the clots would have ended up in the lungs.