Covid-19 appears to be causing sudden strokes in young adults, doctors say
A woman wears a protective mask while talking on a cell phone on April 21 in New York City. Cindy Ord/Getty Images
There’s growing evidence that Covid-19 infection can cause the blood to clot unnaturally, and stroke would be an expected consequence of that. “Our report shows a seven-fold increase in incidence of sudden stroke in young patients during the past two weeks. Most of these patients have no past medical history and were at home with either mild symptoms of Covid,” he added.It is not common for people so young to have strokes, especially strokes in the large vessels in the brain.
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