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Stroke may be the first presenting symptom of COVID-19 in younger patients, new research suggests.
Investigators carried out a meta-analysis of data, including 160 patients with COVID-19 and stroke, and found that nearly half of patients under the age of 50 were asymptomatic at the time of stroke onset.
Although younger patients had the highest risk of stroke, the highest risk of death was in patients who were older, had other chronic conditions, and had more severe COVID-19-associated respiratory symptoms.
"One of the most eye-opening findings of this study is that for patients under 50 years old, many were totally asymptomatic when they had a stroke related to COVID-19, [which] means that, for these patients, the stroke was their first symptom of the disease," lead author Luciano Sposato, MD, MBA, associate professor and chair in stroke research, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
The study was published online September 15 in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Investigators carried out a meta-analysis of data, including 160 patients with COVID-19 and stroke, and found that nearly half of patients under the age of 50 were asymptomatic at the time of stroke onset.
Although younger patients had the highest risk of stroke, the highest risk of death was in patients who were older, had other chronic conditions, and had more severe COVID-19-associated respiratory symptoms.
"One of the most eye-opening findings of this study is that for patients under 50 years old, many were totally asymptomatic when they had a stroke related to COVID-19, [which] means that, for these patients, the stroke was their first symptom of the disease," lead author Luciano Sposato, MD, MBA, associate professor and chair in stroke research, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
The study was published online September 15 in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Stroke May Be First Symptom of COVID-19 in Younger Patients
Stroke can be the first presenting symptom of COVID-19, particularly in patients under the age of 50, new data suggest.
www.medscape.com
Covid is a nasty virus and that’s a good reminder about taking it very seriously.