To think 40 is a young age to have a stroke?

Apologies, my last post was to @Nousernamesleftatall

Can you link the peer reviewed research to support your claim?

There is plenty of research evidencing the link between covid infection and stroke. I’d be very interested to see the research to support your claim.

Interestingly, research led by the universities of Cambridge, Bristol and Edinburgh found the opposite - incidence of heart attack and stroke was lower after covid vaccination.

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/incidence-of-heart-attacks-and-strokes-was-lower-after-covid-19-vaccination

DP had one during his birth. Covid, jabs and a bad lifestyle definitely not factors for his.

It’s a side effect of the Covid vaccine. Did she have it do you know?

With the obesity epidemic there will be a lot more.

I had a TIA (mini stroke) at 25, it was a complication of a medical procedure.

I've just turned 40, and would be shocked and saddened to either have a stroke myself, or for any of my contemporaries to have one.

I don't know anyone "young" who has had one. My dad had a suspected very mild one at 61, but doctors weren't convinced, although he did have some of the symptoms.

My son had a stroke as he was born. It can happen at any age it’s just more common in older people.

A friend of mine had two strokes aged 36 (years before Covid)

40 is middle aged but I wouldn’t get hung up on the terminology used. Surely that’s the least of anyone’s concerns.

The rise is strokes in young people has been well documented with a rise in obesity.
COVID has caused a further increase and the jab a small number too.
But lifestyle is the most likely factor and fits as to why more young people are having strokes. If it was just the jab it would be disproportionately affecting older people as they have had far more vaccines than the young.

Why and who are all the people commenting on a neighbours health issues?

There are statistics on the age that people have strokes so not really something that can be unreasonable, why not share the helpful links above with all the people who are expressing opinions

It is younger than average but not unheard of - I've heard of a baby having a stroke. But I would not describe someone who had one at 40 as having had it because they're "older!" It's still young enough to be surprising.

@Lachie

As someone else has explained strokes were on the rise prior to Covid so there is something in the general population with causation. Lifestyle also includes what we eat - the increase of food consumption contain UPF and refined carbs are causing health issues.

Plus more people living longer and our blood vessels narrow as we age making a stroke from a clot more likely, especially if you suffer from migraines.

There was a spike prior to the Covid jab being released.

Article around US figures

www.healthline.com/health-news/stroke-risk-is-increasing-mainly-in-younger-people-heres-why#:~:text=The%20increasing%20prevalence%20of%20stroke,in%20the%20same%20age%20groups.

Article around UK figures - rate has increased 28% in 20 years

www.england.nhs.uk/2024/11/hospital-admissions-for-strokes-rise-by-28-since-2004-as-nhs-urges-the-public-to-act-fast/#:~:text=NHS%20England%20data%20shows%20an,on%20the%20nation's%20cardiovascular%20health.

Equally ridiculous is to cite the vaccine as a cause. There is evidence that has been collected and is being studied regarding the affect of the Covid virus on stroke rates. The increases were seen before the vaccine was released. I don’t think the study has been published yet.
Until these studies are complete we will not know whether it is the virus or vaccine. It could be a combination of the two. The vaccine may lower our risk of serious infection but increase the risk that the viral infection causes mild infection that leads to complications. We know it doesn’t prevent Covid but has been seen to reduce death by Covid.
By far the biggest vaccine complication reported is a sore arm. It does seem a bit obvious that an injection may make your arm sore but the majority of the population obviously struggle to make that connection.
Conspiracy theories are rife, my uncle was citing the heart condition his neighbour was diagnosed with, a few days after having the vaccine. That neighbour is my cousin on the other side of the family, he was actually diagnosed with a genetic heart condition. He was tested after his son was diagnosed ( pre Covid) and he already knew his father had it. It coincided with having the vaccine because the testing was delayed by the pandemic.
But yes, to all his friends and neighbours they put 2 and 2 together and made 64.

People have strokes, they have been having them since life began. It is likely that no connection will be made with Covid or the injection but may have more to do with the lifestyle changes during the pandemic. Increased in alcohol consumption, reduced exercise, elevated stress and anxiety, all possible factors.

Correlation and cause are difficult concepts for many so it is understandable that we jump to conclusions.

My DH had a stroke aged 59 in early 2022, it would be easy to link it to his covid infection and then his booster vaccine in Sept 2021 but that would be ignoring the fact he smoked from the age of 14 and drank far more than he should have. Until 15 yrs ago he ran, did weights and rowed competitively, was very fit despite the fags and booze, common in many athletes from his era. I don’t blame Covid, but I had been warning him about his lifestyle for some years.

What I’m trying to say is that pre covid, if someone had a stroke we looked at lifestyle and medical history. Investigating underlying health issues are really important in order to prevent further strokes. So if the stroke has been caused by a clot anticoagulants are given, if the patient has heart arrhythmias then these are treated and high blood pressure and cholesterol are monitored and treated. At no point do they stop offering Covid boosters, if the vaccine was considered a risk factor they would advise against it in stroke victims, they don’t.

My school friend had a stroke when she was about 9 years old, left her with a permanently disabled leg.

It is unusual but the two people I knew that did have a stroke were early 30s and just after delivery of their babies.

Both thankfully fully recovered and we are 20+ years on.

My daughter had one at 15

My husband had one at 27. It was catastrophic and 14 years later still impacts his life on a daily basis.

I had one at age 26

it's a young age to be having strokes with no underlying health issues

Although not unheard of, 40 is certainly young to be having a stroke. I believe the average age is 70+ in women.

As for "no underlying health issues" you'd be surprised at how many younger people have undiagnosed/untreated hypertension (major risk factor). A family member is a cardiologist and he routinely sees people in their 30's and 40's who metabolically could be 20 years older.

Talk about mixing metaphors lol

What a ridiculous post! How can you possibly know it’s not related to the jab. There’s been loads of cases of people having strokes related to it.

How dare you blame lifestyle and then try to push the “Covid” narrative into people. People aren’t buying it anymore thankfully. The medical scandal has come out and the genie won’t go back in the bottle now.

@sarahjnm it's not to do with the jab, it's to do with lifestyle and Covid itself. Many deaths were linked to heart and clot issues.

That’s ridiculous. I know people have them young in some cases but to suggest that it’s because she’s “old” is ludicrous. If she was 80, yes. 40, no, I’d be shocked if someone that age had a stroke. In fact I’d be surprised and think “that’s young” for anyone below 70.

A lad in the year below me complained of a bad headache. He never regained consciousness. Died at hospital. He turned 13 a month or so before