COVID positive people have reported symptoms ranging from a loss of smell or taste to more severe and life-threatening conditions such as altered mental state, meningitis and stroke.
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DANVILLE, Pa. - Among people who have strokes and COVID-19, there is a higher incidence of severe stroke as well as stroke in younger people, according to new data from a multinational study group on COVID-19 and stroke, led by a team of Geisinger researchers.
The COVID-19 Stroke Study Group s latest report, published in the journal
Stroke, focused on a group of 432 patients from 17 countries diagnosed with COVID-19 and stroke. Among this group, the study found a significantly higher incidence of large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes caused by a blockage in one of the brain s major arteries that are typically associated with more severe symptoms. Nearly 45% of strokes in the study group were LVOs; in the general population, 24 to 38% of ischemic strokes are LVOs.
Among people who have strokes and COVID-19, there is a higher incidence of severe stroke as well as stroke in younger people, according to new data from a multinational study group on COVID-19 and stroke, led by a team of Geisinger researchers.
Doctor speaks with a patient in the intensive care unit.
Ever since the coronavirus became a widespread global pandemic, medical researchers have sought to understand how the virus impacts other medical ailments, especially neurological ones. In early 2020, New Yorkâs Mount Sinai Hospital reported that five younger patients stricken with COVID-19 experienced strokes after their diagnosis. This worrying report led researchers to fear that the virus could lead to an increase in stroke risk even in patients with no history of vascular disease, like high blood pressure, diabetes or smoking. In the latest, most comprehensive study of this correlation, researchers found a definite increase in stroke incidence among younger patients as compared to a similar age group before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel
After several young coronavirus patients suffered strokes, concerned doctors around the globe formed an investigation team to research the causes and find out what the correlation is between COVID-19 and brain strokes, with a new report confirming the connection, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced Thursday.
Ever since the coronavirus became a widespread global pandemic, researchers have been investigating how the virus impacts other medical ailments, especially neurological ones. This became more urgent after five younger patients stricken with COVID-19 early last year experienced strokes after being diagnosed at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital.