More expectant and recent mothers are experiencing stroke
Individuals who have a high risk of experiencing stroke are often advised to buy Plavix, and it seems that pregnant women and recent mothers may need to, as well.
Individuals who have a high risk of experiencing stroke are often advised to buy Plavix, and it seems that pregnant women and recent mothers may need to, as well. According to research that appears in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, ladies who are expecting or have just had children are very likely to have the ailment.
Lead author Elena V. Kuklina and her colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gathered information from a national database of up to 8 million discharges from 1,000 hospitals between 1994 and 2007. The researchers looked at patients who were pregnant or had recently given birth.
The rate of stroke hospitalizations rose 47 percent among expectant mothers and 83 percent among women who had given birth in the previous 12 weeks. Females between the ages of 25 and 34 went to the hospital more often than those who were younger or older.
"I am surprised at the magnitude of this increase, which is substantial," Kuklina said. "Our results indicate an urgent need to take a closer look. More and more women entering pregnancy already have some type of risk factor for stroke, such as obesity, chronic hypertension, diabetes or congenital heart disease."
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