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Stroke is an acute, sudden health condition that brings fear and anxiety to almost everyone, especially the elderly. However, in recent times, the trend of stroke in young people is increasing alarmingly. So what are the causes of stroke in young people?
1. What is the current state of stroke in young people?
A stroke is an acute condition that occurs due to the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain associated with a blockage. At that time, the blood flow to the brain will be interrupted, causing nutrients and especially oxygen to not be timely supplied to brain cells. Within a few minutes after this phenomenon occurs, brain cells will gradually stop working and die, causing a series of dangerous complications and even death in the patient.
Over the past few years, the rate of young people having a stroke has increased dramatically. According to statistics from the American Stroke Foundation in 2019, the rate of young patients having a stroke has increased by more than 44% in the last 10 years. In which, about 15% of young stroke patients every year are between the ages of 18 and 50 years old. Particularly in Vietnam, the rate of young people having a stroke has tended to increase by an average of 2% per year, notably, the number of cases in men is four times higher than that of women.
At the Brain Stroke Center of the 108 Military Central Hospital, in 2020, the youngest stroke case will be 12 years old, along with many other stroke cases in the teenage years.
2. What are the types of brain stroke in young people?
Before understanding the causes of stroke in young people, it is necessary to understand the types of stroke in the patient, from which it is possible to partly predict the cause of the disease:
Stroke related to ischemic stroke: This is an extremely common type of stroke and accounts for 85% of cases of this acute condition. This phenomenon occurs when there is a blood clot on the way blood travels from the heart to the brain, or due to the accumulation of high cholesterol, causing the blood supply to nourish brain cells to be delayed. Hemorrhagic stroke: This type of stroke has about 15% risk, but leads to an extremely high risk of death. This condition occurs due to the hardening of the artery walls and creates a crack that allows blood to leak out. Transient ischemic stroke: very rare, is a stroke that occurs when the blood supply to brain cells is suddenly reduced or cut off.
Nguyên nhân đột quỵ ở người trẻ tuổi có thể do một số nguyên do gây ra
3. Summary of causes of stroke in young people
Based on classification of brain stroke as well as statistics on nutrition and activities of young people, doctors have summarized some common causes of stroke in young people as follows:
Due to deformity Cerebrovascular problems
Brain vascular problems are classified as the leading cause of stroke in young people. Cerebrovascular malformations are diagnosed when blood vessels in the brain develop abnormally and aneurysms form - a high risk factor for bleeding in the brain. In addition, another common cerebrovascular malformation is the dissection of blood vessels, which narrows the passage of blood, leading to blood vessel occlusion and cerebral infarction.
Up to now, cerebrovascular malformations have not had effective preventive measures and these abnormalities will be detected through CT-computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging... of blood vessels. Brain.
Smoking increases the risk of stroke in young people
The second most common cause of stroke in young people is smoking. According to statistics, up to 50% of strokes in adolescents have the habit of smoking. Besides, there have also been more specific studies demonstrating an association between the risk of having a stroke and the amount of cigarettes consumed daily.
As explained by experts, in cigarettes contains more than 7000 harmful chemicals, of which prominent are carbon monoxide, arsenic, cyanide and formaldehyde. When these toxic substances are absorbed and metabolized by the body, they move into the bloodstream to the lungs, causing lung cells to be destroyed or changed in function. Along with that, the concentration of these toxic substances in the blood also increases the risk of cerebrovascular damage and atherosclerosis significantly.
The body has a disorder of fat metabolism in the blood
50% - 60% of young patients with cerebral infarction have health problems related to dyslipidemia, especially common than in men. According to researchers from Brazil, the ratio of Apolipoprotein B and Apoprotein A- I has a very close relationship with cerebral infarction. One of the big risks associated with this rate in young people is due to unhealthy eating habits such as processed foods, or high consumption of fast food.
Rối loạn chuyển hóa mỡ máu là một trong các nguyên nhân gây đột quỵ ở người trẻ
Another common cause of stroke in young people is the rapidly increasing trend of overweight and obesity cases with BMI higher than 30. In Vietnam, in about 5 years from 2014 to 2020, the number of people with obesity has increased by more than 33% and holds the 2nd position in Southeast Asia. This comes from the dizzying socio-economic development and has led to less and less healthy diets, passive on-site living habits, and restrictions on regular physical activities.
Alcohol also causes stroke
Alcohol consumption, especially high concentrations of alcohol, can increase the risk of bleeding in the brain. According to a study published in the Lancet Medical Journal (UK), Vietnam in the period from 1990 to 2017 was the country with the highest increase in alcohol consumption in the world with nearly 90% since 2010. The rate This is about 2.5 times the growth rate of alcohol consumption in India. In 2017 alone, the average Vietnamese person drank nearly 9 liters of alcoholic beverages. In 2018, statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that Vietnamese people aged 15 and over consumed 8.3 liters of pure alcohol annually on average.
It can be said that the causes of stroke in young people today in Vietnam are extremely diverse, in which the most prominent factors are the factors that come from nutrition and daily living habits. You need to change your life today to prevent the risk of brain stroke.
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