Women Apparently More Susceptible to Stroke compared to Men

According to the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, stroke is one of the leading causes of death in Indonesia with a figure of 15.4%. Stroke was ranked third as a deadly disease in women. Even from 100 cases of stroke, 60 of which occur in women. Approximately why stroke in women is more vulnerable than men?

Women Apparently More Susceptible to Stroke compared to Men

Why are strokes in women more common?

A person's risk for a stroke may increase with age. Well, the average age of women is longer than men, because this risk for stroke can be higher in women. Women are usually also more susceptible to autoimmune diseases.

A number of inflammatory disorders can also cause damage to blood vessels or blood clots that increase the risk of stroke. Some types of migraine can also increase stroke in women. And women are also generally more susceptible to migraine.

A recent study even pointed to the surprising fact that women with obesity problems are much more vulnerable to stroke than obese men. Research conducted in the UK and released in the journal Neurology is done by involving data from 1.3 million women in the UK with an average age of 57 years.

Of all these participants, more than 344 thousand of whom were women with normal body mass index, more than 228 thousand of whom were women with obesity with a body mass index of 30, and 20 thousand more women among whom had a risk of stroke.

How can women prevent a stroke?

These women have been followed the development of his health condition for more than 12 years. The results found that those who were overweight or obese would have a risk of hemorrhagic stroke, a condition in which the blood vessels in the brain break down and are very dangerous for a person because it can make the blood and oxygen supply to the brain stop.

From this study, it is known that there are more than 2,200 women at risk of ischemic stroke and more than 1,500 women at risk of hemorrhagic stroke from data 344 thousand women with normal weight. Meanwhile, from obese women, there are nearly 2,400 women at risk for ischemic stroke and 910 people at risk for hemorrhagic stroke.

This means that, in any woman whose body mass index rises by five, the risk of ischemic stroke may increase by 21 percent. It is better for women to keep their weight is still ideal so as not to be affected by this deadly stroke.

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What are the symptoms of a stroke that you need to watch out for?

The symptoms of stroke in women you should be aware of are difficult to talk, numbness in the areas of the legs, arms, and face, sudden headaches, difficulty walking, fainting, vomiting, and daze. If you experience any of these signs, call your doctor immediately for the right treatment.

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