In young people weigh specific factors related to incorrect lifestyles
When we talk about strokestill today Second cause of death in Italy After the ischemic diseases of the heart, we often tend to a serious condition that concerns the third age. If it is true that The stroke is more frequent after 55 yearswith a prevalence that double At each subsequent decade according to the data of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, the most recent estimates tell us about 10-15% of all strokes occur in adults aged between 18 and 50 yearseven the youngest, then.
Stroke in young people on the rise
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To launch the alarm, underlining an increase in cases between university students, young professionals and adults under 50 years is theAssociation for the fight against cerebral strokeAlice. Italy ODV: “Recent studies, conducted both in the United States and in Europe, have confirmed how ischemic stroke in young adults and increasing, as is the prevalence of traditional stroke risk factors, typically common among the elderly (hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus and obesity)”.
The causes, as the experts point out, are in part they are the same that concern the oldest peoplebut in young people there are specific factors linked to incorrect lifestyles, from alcohol abuse to drugs, from early smoking to migraine with aura, without forgetting the lack of prevention. “The young people rarely undergo medical checks and nobody asks him, because there is still a tendency to consider stroke a pathology far from their age,” explained the neurologist Marina Diomediresponsible for the UOSD Stroke Unit of the Policlinico Tor Vergata in Rome and a member of the Technical-Scientific Committee of Alice Italia ODV.
The risks of stroke at any age
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The risks of stroke, however, they must not be underestimated regardless of agegiven the very serious consequences. Also in this case it is the data of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità to put black on white which every year, in Italy, there are about 90,000 hospitalizations due to the cerebral stroke, of which 20% are relapsed. 20-30% of people affected by brain stroke died within a month of the event and 40-50% within the first year. Only 25% of patients who survive a stroke heals completely, while 75% survive with some form of disabilityand half of these is the bearer of such a serious deficit that self -sufficiency.
Stroke in young people, risk factors
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Alice. Italy ODVwith the aim of sensitizing everyone, even the youngest, on the risks of the stroke, wanted to underline what they are The main risk factors for those who are less than 50 years oldstarting with arterial hypertension, capable of damaging the brain vessels even at a young age. District, the alteration of cholesterol and triglyceride levels also promotes the formation of atherosclerotic plates in the arteries, hindering the blood flow.
With over 4 million cases in Italy, the diabetesespecially the type 2 linked to obesity and poor nutrition, is An important risk factor at any age And the same goes for cigarette smoke, capable of tripling the risk of stroke among young people under 55 years old. The effect, underline the experts, is even more marked in the women who smoke And they take oral contraceptives or suffer from migraine with aura.
THE’alcohol abusein particular the binge drinking, an increasingly widespread habit among young people, acts as a predisposing factor, increasing the risk of up to 3-4 times. More immediate, however, the risk following the intake of heavy drugs: cocaine, amphetamine and other narcotic substances increase blood pressure and damage blood vessels, favoring the formation of clots even within a few minutes from the intake.
Experts explain that, in women under 45, The migraine with Aura is considered an independent risk factor. This particular type of headaches, characterized by symptoms that anticipate the appearance of the characteristic head pain, can multiply the risk if associated with smoking, oral contraceptives and other elements such as obesity and hypertensionup to an increase of 16 times.
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