Russia (bbabo.net), - Women aged 18-35 have a 44% higher risk of ischemic stroke compared to men in the same age group. This conclusion was reached by neurologists from the University of Colorado, after analyzing the data of about 70 thousand patients with this diagnosis, the medical portal reports.
More often than women, strokes occur in men over the age of 45 years. According to neurologists, this may be due to the higher prevalence of atherosclerosis among older men. After all, atherosclerosis of cerebral vessels is one of the key factors in the development of stroke.
Why young women are at high risk of stroke is still unknown. Scientists remind that stroke is provoked by high blood pressure, high cholesterol and atherosclerosis, but these conditions are not very typical for women aged 18-35. Probably, this mechanism is based on other reasons that have not yet been studied, neurologists say.
Ischemic stroke or cerebral infarction is a severe brain injury in which its tissues are damaged due to impaired cerebral circulation. Most often, the cause is the movement of a blood clot along the artery and clogging it in a narrow place. In 20% of cases, ischemic stroke leads to death.
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