Green Moms Network

Top Menu

  • Home
  • Our Blog
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertisers
  • Media
  • Contact Us

Main Menu

  • Home Page
  • Family
  • Leisure
  • Eco-Travel
  • Shopping
  • Healthy Lifestyle
    • Fitness
    • Food
  • Fashion
    • Design
  • Home
  • Our Blog
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertisers
  • Media
  • Contact Us

logo

  • Home Page
  • Family
  • Leisure
  • Eco-Travel
  • Shopping
  • Healthy Lifestyle
    • Fitness
    • Food
  • Fashion
    • Design
Health
Home›Health›Why Do Young Healthy People Sometimes Get Strokes?

Why Do Young Healthy People Sometimes Get Strokes?

By Suzy
June 16, 2019
0
0
epilepsy 623346 640

Strokes are very common, but pose serious health complications. A stroke occurs when blood supply to the brain is interrupted, usually by a clot. Stroke prevention can include everything from staying active, eating right, quitting smoking and keeping blood pressure under control.

Research is also opening up insights into how klotho protein and how it contributes to things like aging and strokes. Hopefully, klotho therapy might also play a role in stroke prevention as well.

While strokes usually occur in older adults with underlying medical conditions, they can also strike seemingly healthy young adults. Here are five reasons why younger, healthier people might be getting strokes:

1. Low Level of HDL Cholesterol

A recent study showed that while healthy patients and stroke patients all had similar total cholesterol levels, stroke patients had lower levels of good cholesterol, HDL. Most medical providers agree that good cholesterol lowers the risk of a stroke.

2. Smoking Cigarettes

Smoking puts you at a significantly increased risk of having a stroke. Smoking causes cardiovascular diseases that can cause stroke, no matter what age you are.

Quitting smoking isn’t easy, but it can be done. Talk to your doctor about different ways to quit. He or she may recommend a support group, a nicotine gum or patch, medication or going cold turkey.

3. High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure can increase your risk of a stroke, even if you are young and otherwise healthy. That’s because high blood pressure can damage our blood vessels, causing dangerous narrowing, ruptures or leaks. High blood pressure can also create dangerous clots that can cause stroke.

Your doctor reads your blood pressure when you go in for a visit. If you’re found to have chronically high blood pressure, your healthcare provider may recommend diet and lifestyle changes. He or she may also prescribe medication to lower your blood pressure.

swimmer 1678307 640

4. Using Oral Contraceptives

If you are a female smoker using birth control pills, then you carry an increased risk of stroke caused by blood clots. This is especially true if you are over the age of 35 and smoke more than 15 cigarettes a day.

If you cannot quit smoking, you should ask your doctor about other forms of birth control that may be safer for you.

5. Being a Man

The risk of stroke is higher for young men than it is for young women.

While there’s nothing you can do to erase this risk factor, there’s still plenty you can do to prevent a stroke, even if you’re quite young. Learn more about your cholesterol, take good care of yourself, quit smoking and get your blood pressure under control. If you’re a female smoker on oral contraceptives, try to stop smoking and chat with your doctor about other ways to prevent pregnancy or manage hormonal conditions in the meantime.

Studies are showing new therapies that could eventually mitigate the risk of having a stroke. In the meantime, being aware of these risk factors and changing your behavior to help reduce these risks and can play a huge part in preventing a stroke from happening.

–  https://www.stroke.org/en/about-stroke

–  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928253/
–  https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/diseases/heart-disease-stroke.html
–  https://www.webmd.com/stroke/news/20000705/why-young-people-have-strokes-unraveling-mystery#1

–   https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/estrogen-and-progestin-oral-contraceptives-oral-route/side-effects/drg-20069422

Previous Article

Making Life Easier For Our Elders

Next Article

Five Best Accessories For Your Camping Holiday

Suzy

Related articles More from author

  • caduceus 2789577 640
    Health

    How to ensure a safe experience with CBD edibles

    March 17, 2020
    By Suzy
  • two woman doing exercise 1671217
    Health

    Exercise Tips Every Type 2 Diabetes Patient Should Follow

    May 16, 2019
    By Suzy
  • adult beach beautiful 1034859
    Health

    Taking Baby Steps Towards Improved Health

    December 14, 2019
    By Suzy
  • anger angry anxiety 897817
    Health

    Medical Conditions You Might Have and Not Know It Yet

    December 18, 2019
    By Suzy
  • baked basil bio 533268
    Health

    Managing Anxiety With CBD 

    January 30, 2020
    By Suzy
  • woman sleeping with pink flowers
    Health

    7 Secrets About CBD and Beauty That Have Never Been Revealed

    June 9, 2019
    By GreenMomsNetwork

You may interested

  • nature fashion person red
    Fashion

    Lights unto appear place. Have land lights a creature sea don’t air

  • A 7
    Fashion

    Proof That Chamaripa Elevator Shoes For Men Works

  • girl 511880 1280
    Fashion

    Beast lesser had Sixth without face that

About Green Moms Network

Greenmomsnetwork aims to help moms develop a new passion for all of the perks that comes with being a mom.

Started in March, 2012 with many dedicated readers our mom network has grown into a group of inspiring and motivational moms that write about everything from the best ways to travel with a family to which products work the best.

Whether you are a new mom or just want some great lifestyle advice – Green Moms Network is a resource for you.

Contact

  • 1819 NE 173rd St, North Miami Beach, FL 33162
  • [email protected]

Instagram

This error message is only visible to WordPress admins

Error: No feed found.

Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed.

  • Home
  • Our Blog
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertisers
  • Media
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Media
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertisers
  • About
  • Contact Us
Green Moms Network. [email protected]