blockages which cut off blood flow to part of the brain. Another statistic generated by the study was that if your sibling had a stroke before age 55 or younger than your risk for having one before age 55 was almost doubled. Other statistics about ischemic strokes that were generated were that they were 94 percent more likely to occur before age 55 or younger in siblings whose siblings stroke occurred before age 55, 64 percent more likely in full siblings of affected patients, 61 percent more likely in any sibling of affected patients, and 41 percent more likely in half-siblings of affected patients.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Your Stroke Risk Considerably Higher If A SIbling Has Had A Stroke
New research has shown that if you have a brother or sister and they have have a stroke, you may be more than 60 percent more likely to have one yourself. This is the first large study done examining the influence of age, gender, and sibling history on stroke risk. The studies main focus was on ischemic strokes which strike almost 700,000 people in the United States alone. This type of stroke is caused by blood vessel
blockages which cut off blood flow to part of the brain. Another statistic generated by the study was that if your sibling had a stroke before age 55 or younger than your risk for having one before age 55 was almost doubled. Other statistics about ischemic strokes that were generated were that they were 94 percent more likely to occur before age 55 or younger in siblings whose siblings stroke occurred before age 55, 64 percent more likely in full siblings of affected patients, 61 percent more likely in any sibling of affected patients, and 41 percent more likely in half-siblings of affected patients.
blockages which cut off blood flow to part of the brain. Another statistic generated by the study was that if your sibling had a stroke before age 55 or younger than your risk for having one before age 55 was almost doubled. Other statistics about ischemic strokes that were generated were that they were 94 percent more likely to occur before age 55 or younger in siblings whose siblings stroke occurred before age 55, 64 percent more likely in full siblings of affected patients, 61 percent more likely in any sibling of affected patients, and 41 percent more likely in half-siblings of affected patients.
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This is really scary. Are there any ways to statistically predict if you are susceptible to stroke before you or your sibling has one? It seems a bit too late to help yourself if once your sibling has one you are way over 50% likely to get one next.
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