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COVID-19 strokes hitting younger, low-risk patients

A large study of strokes associated with COVID-19 found that many strokes occur in relatively young people without risk factors, the Multinational COVID-19 Stroke Study Group reported on Friday ahead of peer review. Researchers in 32 countries identified 432 COVID-19 patients with strokes caused either by blocked blood flow to the brain - called ischemic strokes - or by blood hemorrhage in the brain. Among those with ischemic strokes, more than one-third had no coronavirus symptoms. About one in four had none of the traditional risk factors for stroke - such as heart disease, high blood pressure or smoking - and more than one-third were under age 55. Among patients with hemorrhagic stroke, 70% had "spontaneous" bleeding not explained by breaks in weakened artery walls. Usually, spontaneous bleeding accounts for only 15% of hemorrhagic strokes. Strokes were more severe in patients without typical risk factors. A separate study published on Saturday in the Journal of Neurology looking at people who do have the most significant stroke risk factors - either a previous stroke, or diseased arteries - found they have high rates of poor COVID-19 outcomes and should take "extra precautions" during the pandemic. (https://bi****/3kwdDWc; https://bi****/31HgCSW)

Copy/paste from a response to where you posted this on another board:

You link to two studies, apparently assuming no one will read them. The first study has nothing to do with strokes and their main conclusion is "COVID-19 patients with pre-existing cerebrovascular disease have poor outcomes." Ya think?

The second study is more interesting and is indeed looking at strokes. But you're on a youth soccer board trying to stir people up talking about "relatively young" patients. The qualifier for a "relatively young" patient in the study is being under 55. And even using that parameter, only 24% of those in the study fall into that category (104 of them, to be precise; out of a study of 136 facilities spanning 32 countries).

Finally, 38% of them came to the hospital because of stroke symptoms, not COVID. That's a pretty big leap to suggest it was COVID that caused the stroke.

It's people like you that really piss me off. Stoking fear among as many as you can by providing bullsh_t "research" as evidence, and leaving out as much context as possible so that you can support an incredibly weak assertion.