More Millennials Are Having Strokes
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More Millennials Are Having Strokes
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#3my wife had a stroke at age 30. 4 strokes actually, 2 bleeds and 2 clots. accidental overdose on stims.
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#4Sleep deprivation is known to cause strokes, take a look at how many millennials are expected to put in 80-100 hours for a 40 hour check , extreme high competition overtime just to hold onto their seat.
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#5Sleep deprivation is known to cause strokes, take a look at how many millennials are expected to put in 80-100 hours for a 40 hour check , extreme high competition overtime just to hold onto their seat.
OK, ready to get out of my bubble. How true is this? The only people I know that work more than 40 hours a week still work less than 60. This is in "office", food, and service jobs.
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#6A couple potential causes:
Increasing incidence of morbid obesity, HTN, type II diabetes, which are risk factors for strokes.
Increased incidence of IV drug abuse, which sometimes leads to endocarditis, leading to septic emboli (I see this very often).
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#7Sensasionalistic garbage. Young, healthy people don't have strokes. Unless you're a dimwit who takes too many drugs, then I'd say you probably deserve it.
Even scientific american has downgraded to putting out click baits now. Sad state of affairs.
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#8Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) has been associated with strokes in young people. IDA doesn't necessarily have pronounced symptoms and a diagnosis with a blood sample is simple and cheap. It is often considered a "female disorder" but it's only slightly more common in females than males.
tldr: Have your blood checked.
[1] https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crinm/2012/487080/
EDIT: As most follow up comments seem to center around diet as a cause, I wanted to point out that there are several other causes.
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#9Sleep deprivation is known to cause strokes, take a look at how many millennials are expected to put in 80-100 hours for a 40 hour check , extreme high competition overtime just to hold onto their seat.
OK, ready to get out of my bubble. How true is this? The only people I know that work more than 40 hours a week still work less than 60. This is in "office", food, and service jobs.
I know people that would work 80 hour weeks. They were engineers in the gaming industry and a couple crunch weeks were not uncommon.
But that's a really specific situation for a short period of time.
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#10Sleep deprivation is known to cause strokes, take a look at how many millennials are expected to put in 80-100 hours for a 40 hour check , extreme high competition overtime just to hold onto their seat.
That, combined with MDMA or Adderall, is more likely to lead to epilepsy. Strokes have a stronger connection to diet and weight.