Health
COVID causing strokes among the young and healthy, global study indicates – The Times of Israel
1 in 4 stroke patients with coronavirus are under 55; Jerusalem doctor involved in research says it shines spotlight on results of virus blocking larger blood vessels…
There has been a hidden phenomenon of COVID-19 causing strokes, including among people who would never normally be at risk, a research project by doctors from Israel and 31 other countries indicates.
Their study, newly released in the peer-reviewed journal Stroke, observed that one in four COVID-positive stroke patients are under 55, and the same proportion lacked obvious vascular risk factors like high blood pressure, diabetes or smoking.
This is unusually high. Normally, 10 to 15 percent of stroke…
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