Stroke risk 'increases tenfold' after traumatic brain injuryRSS Feed

In the first three months after a traumatic brain injury, the risk of suffering a stroke may increase tenfold, a new study has shown.

Research published in journal Stroke: Journal of the America Heart Association used a vast amount of data on people who had experienced a traumatic brain injury, comparing it to those who had not.

Some 2.91 per cent of those with a traumatic brain injury experienced a stroke within the first three months after the incident, in comparison to just 0.30 per cent of people without a brain injury.

However, stroke risk declined over time in these patients. After one year had passed, the risk was 4.6 times greater for traumatic brain injury patients, and after five years it was just 2.3 times more.

In other news, the use of blood clot-busting drug rTPA used to decrease the risk of stroke has risen in the US, but not by enough, University of Cincinnati researchers have said.

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