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

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PinkRetro · 30/11/2024 21:28

Our female neighbour had one the other night and some people were commenting saying it's because she's older now. (She turned 40 a month ago).
I personally think it's a young age to be having strokes with no underlying health issues (We know her fairly well).

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notnorman · 30/11/2024 21:55

Friend was in her thirties

sarahjnm · 30/11/2024 21:52

Those that work with stroke victims - would you say it's rising with younger people these days? Anything to do with the jab 👀 - we knew a few younger people in the last few years that have had one

TomatoSandwiches · 30/11/2024 21:47

My son had a stroke in utero so obviously is can happen at anytime but YANBU at all, I think I watched part of an episode of 24hrs in A&E and the doctors were saying it is becoming more common for under 40s now, they had a 38yr old woman coming in with one.
I hope your neighbour is ok.

romdowa · 30/11/2024 21:44

My cousin had one at 37 , my father had his first one at 49. Unfortunately you can a stroke at any age

Catza · 30/11/2024 21:43

Stoke risks do increase with age but aren’t especially high at 40. A woman in her prime is being dismissed as “older”. Typical.

Pigeonqueen · 30/11/2024 21:42

It is young for someone with no underlying health issues. Yes strokes can occur at any age, even in children, but they’re more common as people become older - and 40s isn’t particularly old.

RandomMess · 30/11/2024 21:40

I was under 50 and considered young.

I was certainly notably younger than the other 13 women on the ward.

3 years later my 20 year old had a stroke, no genetic/rare disease link found.

The incidence of stroke in younger people has notably increased over Covid

LuckysDadsHat · 30/11/2024 21:40

A friend of mines teen son had a stroke. Just no rhyme or reason sometimes.

Tittyhill · 30/11/2024 21:39

I had mine at 32, Drs considered me young, lady next to me in stroke unit a year older than me.

UniverseRewardsTheBrave · 30/11/2024 21:38

Yes I was in my 30s when I had a stroke. Every single person I mention it to (e.g. new doctors, people who need to know I'm on blood thinners like dentists) say "wow, you were young to have a stroke!".

WhichOneIsPosher · 30/11/2024 21:36

I work on an acute stroke ward and there are plenty of people 40s and younger who have come through our doors over the years. It is young but certainly not unheard of

GetMyCloak · 30/11/2024 21:30

YANBU

DH was 44 when he had a stroke and that was considered young, although drs were at pains to say they can happen at any age from pre-birth onwards.

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