American scientists have traced the relationship between age and complications on the cardiovascular system caused by coronavirus COVID-19. Moreover, the younger the patient, the risk of such complications is higher.
As the Washington Post reported about this alarming regularity journalists were told by the neurosurgeon Thomas Oxley, one of the oldest and largest U.S. health systems – mount Sinai, located in new York. This is due to the fact that COVID-19 increases blood clotting and promotes the formation of blood clots.
According to the doctors, coronavirus can cause strokes in people 30-40 years, and, most worryingly, we are talking about it recover from mild or moderate form COVID-19.
“We have seen five such patients since the end of March — beginning of April. They’re all younger than 50 years (from 33 to 49 years), with mild symptoms COVID-19 or no symptoms,no chronic diseases and were not taking any medication… All came to the hospital with complaints of slurred speech, confusion, weakness of facial muscles on one side and numbness of one hand. One patient died, and the rest are undergoing treatment. It was restored only in the youngest patient” – said the expert, adding that patients with stroke and COVID-19 average 15 years younger than typical stroke patients.
At the hospital said that all patients sought help quite late, as I didn’t want in the background of the pandemic in the early stages to get to the hospital.
