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

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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).

I was a school with a boy who had a stroke around 3/4 years old. I’m in my 60’s…

My dad spent months on a stroke ward many years ago.

I remember being shocked to see so many patients in their 40s. It certainly wasn’t unusual on the stroke ward, although obviously it’s still not common amongst the general population

It is young but not unheard of.
You definitely see more in their 40s than say 30s and more in their 50s compared to those in their 40s.

I'm a radiographer and scan stroke patients on a daily basis, I don't think their are any more since covid.
Not noticeably so anyway.

Mid 30s for me, BP etc all healthy, pre vaccine 🤪

A friend lost his daughter to a stroke. She was 14

That emoji was for the suspicious vaccine posters, I've been left with a slight palsy that is pretty unnoticeable, don't want anyone to think I was making light of some of the serious effects some are left with.

www.hriuk.org/health/your-health/lifestyle/people-with-coronavirus-are-at-risk-of-blood-clots-and-strokes

Friend died of a stroke when she was 21, in 1989. :-( She had pneumonia & was African American so maybe those put her in a higher risk group.

age 40 is still relatively unusual just not as freaky unusual as age 21 or in utero etc. I imagine strokes are better detected now than 50 years ago so measuring true age-adjusted incidence changes is complicated.

Make the most of each day. x

Yes I think so though I know someone who had one in her 20s. She's fine now (60s).

There is an autoimmune disease called APS, which causes blood clotting, leading to strokes and heart attacks, as well as miscarriages. APS commonly manifests itself in women age 30-50.

My stroke was also apparently due to the pill - no other risk factors. And pre-Covid.

I wonder about the impact of increased stresses from e.g covid lockdowns, cost of living etc, on blood pressure as well. Probably all links together. I've had slightly higher blood pressure in recent years, in mid 40s and at one of the 40+ health checks it was discovered and now is much better with lifestyle changes and a low dose of meds (candesartan)

Definitely worth getting checked out.