Profound correlation’: Doctors believe Covid-19 causing strokes in young

April 26, 2020

Several hospitals have released new data suggesting that seemingly mild coronavirus infection in young people may result in serious stroke and even death.

“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 (or in two cases, no symptoms) of covid,” Dr. Thomas Oxley, a neurosurgeon at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, told CNN on Thursday.

“The virus seems to be causing increased clotting in the large arteries, leading to severe stroke,” he said.

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