Stroke commonly follows a traumatic brain injury, study reveals
As the prevalence of stroke increases in the U.S., so does the number of people who are advised to buy Plavix to reduce their risk of experiencing the condition.
As the prevalence of stroke increases in the U.S., so does the number of people who are advised to buy Plavix to reduce their risk of experiencing the condition. The likelihood of having this ailment may increase tenfold during the three months immediately following a traumatic brain injury, according to a recent paper published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Senior author Herng-Ching Lin and his colleagues from the School of Healthcare Administration at Taipei Medical University's College of Medicine in Taiwan evaluated records from 23,199 adult traumatic brain injury patients.
The researchers found that during the three months after experiencing this injury, almost 3 percent of the individuals suffered a stroke, compared to only 0.30 percent of those with non-traumatic brain injury.
"It's reasonable to assume that cerebrovascular damage in the head caused by a traumatic brain injury can trigger either a hemorrhagic stroke or an ischemic stroke," Lin explained. "However, until now, no research had been done showing a correlation between traumatic brain injury and stroke."
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