Think you’re too young for a stroke? Think again

[Northerner]

Sedentary lifestyles and easy access to junk food in the U.S. make young people increasingly vulnerable to strokes.

After a fun night out with her girlfriends late last year, Bianca Cooper arrived home with a “killer” headache.

That wasn’t all that unusual, but she soon started to lose feeling on her left side and was unable to walk. She knew something wasn’t right. She called her girlfriend.

“I think I’m having a stroke,” she told her.

Cooper was 29 and as far as she knew as healthy and strong as an axletree.

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[AlisonM]

A school friend of mine had a stroke when she was only 16 so it can indeed happen at any time and it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with diet or lifestyle.