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Imagine being in good shape, without apparent health problems, and overnight, everything changes. This is what is happening to an increasing number of young adults suffering from stroke.
Long considered a disease affecting mostly older people, stroke is now hitting more and more men under the age of 40. But why this worrisome rise? A British study has uncovered a major risk factor that is often unknown.
Smoking doubles the risk of stroke and, in some profiles, it could even be multiplied by seven. Let us decipher together this discovery and the other possible causes of this worrying increase.
Tobacco, a silent killer for young arteries
The figures are clear: among more than 500 stroke victims aged 18-49, the researchers found that smokers were up to 7 times more likely to be affected by a stroke.
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