Over the years our health worsens and that is why it is not surprising that there are diseases and ailments that we associate with age, such as Alzheimer’s or some types of cancer. However, young people are not immune to these diseases and when these call the consequences can be devastating.
An increasing problem. Age is one of the key risk factors in the appearance of stroke or stroke (stroke), but that does not mean that young people are immune to this type of event. According to the European ICTUS organization (that for its acronym in English), the prevalence of ischemic stroke (the most frequent type of stroke) in adults between 18 and 50 years is approximately 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and year.
More worrying perhaps is the fact that this prevalence has been growing, at least in high -income countries between the 1980s and the present. Also worrying the fact that we do not know exactly the reason.
El Tap. The strokes occur when the blood flow that reaches a part of the brain is drastically reduced. There are two types of stroke depending on the origin of this interruption, ischemic (the most frequent), or hemorrhagic (less prevalent).
The ischemic stroke occurs when one of the circulatory routes of the brain is blocked, by a clot or by a narrowing of this route. The hemorrhagic instead is caused by the breakage of the blood vessel and can therefore be even more harmful than the ischemic.
Risk factors. The risk factors in the appearance of the ICUTS have been extensively studied, but the information we have regarding cases in which this ailment is unleashed early is more limited. A study published in 2018 in the magazine Journal of the American Heart Association He studied these factors and found 11 that showed statistical correlation.
These risk factors included atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes types 1 and 2, LHD clollesterol, hypertension, and family history of stroke. The study also found a negative correlation between LDL cholesterol and the risk of suffering from an early stroke.
Other studies have also found risk factors in the consumption of tobacco, obesity or metabolic syndrome although only the first of these three factors did it with consistency according to that.
The weight of genetics. Genetics is an important factor in the appearance of stroke. Another study published in 2022 in the magazine Neurologyobserved some genetic trends among patients with early stroke. The team found a relationship between the genes that determine the blood group and this risk.
The existence of stroke cases in family history is generally considered a risk factor, but it is more when these cases occur at an early age. That is, the cases of stroke in young people are, in themselves, a risk factor.
When the stroke comes soon. Experts used to think that the arrival of an ICTUS at an early age raised a smaller problem than its arrival at a late age since the response capacity was better. However, long -term studies have questioned that idea: people suffering from an early stroke show an increase in long -term mortality among those who suffer from this type of event before 60 years.
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