Attention! COVID-19 infection can lead to a 7x increase in stroke rate in middle and young people

CNN reported that COVID-19 infection can lead to sudden strokes in middle-aged and young people, although their symptoms may not be severeThe new coronavirus can cause sudden strokes in adults in their 30s and 40s who do not have other serious illnessesgrowing evidence that COVID-19 infections can cause blood to clot in unusual ways, and stroke strains will be the expected resultDrThomas Oxley, a neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, and his colleagues recently received five patients under the age of 50 who had suffered from COVID-19 infections with mild or no obvious symptomsOxley said: 'The virus appears to cause an increase in clotting in the arteries, which can lead to a severe strokeHe also said: 'In the past two weeks, the incidence of stroke in young patients has increased sevenfoldAnd most of these patients had no previous medical history, with only mild COVID-19 symptoms at home (and two cases did not have COVID-19 symptoms)In the past 12 months, their services have treated an average of 0.731 patients under the age of 50 with a large vascular stroke"It is not common for such young people to have a stroke, especially in the large blood vessels of the brain"Stroke is a very scary disease, and people with large vascular strokes are generally severely damaged, " Oxley saidThis means it is a larger blood clot, including one of the largest arteries in the brainWhen blood stops flowing, brain cells die, and the longer blood flow is blocked, the greater the damage to the brainThe most effective treatment for large vascular stroke is blood clot recovery, but this must take place within 6 hours, sometimes within 24 hours, so if not removed immediately, stroke in large blood vessels can cause serious damageAt least one of the young stroke patients currently treated has died, while others continue to be treated in the ICU or stroke ward, and one person has been discharged successfully but still requires special careOxley stressed that COVID-19 infected people should not only pay attention to cough fever, shortness of breath and other common pneumonia symptoms, but also to be alert to the signs of strokeIn the event of a stroke "FAST" characterized by facial sagging (F), arm weakness (A), and difficulty speaking (S), call emergency services (T) as soon as possible7 foreboding of stroke to knowyawns or stroke precursors
visual changes: sudden blurring of vision, ghosting, and apparent vision losschanges in limb sensations: numbness in the limb, decreased sensitivity to the lips, facial tongue, tinnitus, and hearing losslanguage changes: language difficulties, stuttering, or inability to understand other people's language
limb numbness: physical weakness, decreased coordination, poor activityheadache: sudden burstof of severe pain, and the usual headache is clearly differentemotional anomaly: sudden abnormalities in character, tone, and behaviorreferences:1.https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/22/health/strokes-coronavirus-young-adults/index.html
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3.https://baike.baidu.com/item/item/%E4%B8% AD%E9%A3%8EAuthor: mBioMan Source: BioMan