4 ms·

Does anyone know how dangerous a stroke is at his age? Side note, but why do older people have strokes so more often? Young people have blood clots too.

cdolan 3y ago
Not a doctor but plenty of stroke-suffering family members Strokes at any age are incredibly dangerous Most strokes occur at advanced age because circulation decreases (at least that’s my understanding)
- hm-nah 3y ago
  There are also hemorrhagic strokes aka: brain bleeds. I had a non-traumatic hemorrhagic stroke at 40. That fuckin sucked. It still sucks 2 years later, but I’m so grateful for where I’m at. Losing one’s ability to speak coherently, at midlife, is a stark reminder…everyone is only temporarily abled.
  - scubadude 3y ago
    Disabled is the only minority group you can join by accident
cdibona 3y ago
Aside from the risk of age, he had documented memory issues after his airplane crash in 1981, i don't know if that makes him more or less vulnerable during a stroke, but I'd be worried for sure.
Andoryuuta 3y ago
I had a TIA(mini-stroke) a few years ago in my early 20s. From what I understand: strokes are not more dangerous with age, but are much more likely to happen as you age. I was told that the the risk factor is a matter of how quickly the stroke is identified and how quickly you are able to receive medical care after the onset. Faster response == less time for brain matter to die due lack of blood.
- aag 3y ago
  If someone you know is showing signs of a stroke (see https://www.cdc.gov/stroke/signs_symptoms.htm https://www.cdc.gov/stroke/signs_symptoms.htm), get them to the hospital right away. Time is of the essence. Once you're there, don't let overworked personnel ignore them. My mother recently had a stroke. She had absolutely clear, textbook symptoms. She got to the hospital by ambulance right away, but busy doctors and nurses sent her home after two days, saying that she hadn't had a stroke because it didn't show up on an MRI. That night, she fell, broke her pelvis, and returned to the hospital. She waited over twenty hours to see a neurologist, who immediately recognized the signs, and declared that she had had a stroke. True treatment only began then. A second MRI confirmed that diagnosis. Triage isn't always accurate, especially in overworked emergency rooms.
  - piuantiderp 3y ago
    Wow, that sounds like third-world kind of treatment. I would consider suing. Sorry that your mom had to go through this.
    - moralestapia 3y ago
      >that sounds like third-world kind of treatment You wish you had third-world medical treatment, though. Having been many times to hospitals in several 1st world countries AND several 3rd world countries, I do not find the former much better than the latter and the 10x-100x price markup is hard to ignore.
      - piuantiderp 3y ago
        Fully agree, the quality of private healthcare in the third-world for common conditions and ailments could be even higher than the first. If they are not being stingy with treatment because everything costs a lot and they're understaffed, then they are thinking what to overtreat because it'll bring in the money. Health of course, is just a secondary concern PS: Btw Rulopotamus-related? (he was a minor celebrity, loved professor in a certain college in some place of this galaxy)
nomel 3y ago
I think cause is a big predictor. If he hit his head/had trauma to his kneck, that's one thing. Clogged arteries are another.
mr_toad 3y ago
> Side note, but why do older people have strokes so more often? In short, your circulatory system gets old and rusty and either bursts or gets blocked. If you manage to avoid CVD, heart disease, and cancer then a stroke is the next problem.
somenameforme 3y ago
As you get older your arteries gradually narrow, a process made even more severe by the buildups of plaque. This is all accelerated by obesity, lack of exercise, and so on. Aging, high blood pressure, and various other factors also causes arteries to weaken, making a rupture even more likely. All of this is part of the reason I think the 'search for the pill/shot of immortality' in modern times is little different than the search for the pool of immortality in ancient times. Everything breaks down over time and so to solve this, we'd need to fix everything, when we yet struggle to truly fix even a single thing.

cdolan 3y ago

Not a doctor but plenty of stroke-suffering family members Strokes at any age are incredibly dangerous Most strokes occur at advanced age because circulation decreases (at least that’s my understanding)

hm-nah 3y ago
There are also hemorrhagic strokes aka: brain bleeds. I had a non-traumatic hemorrhagic stroke at 40. That fuckin sucked. It still sucks 2 years later, but I’m so grateful for where I’m at. Losing one’s ability to speak coherently, at midlife, is a stark reminder…everyone is only temporarily abled.
- scubadude 3y ago
  Disabled is the only minority group you can join by accident

cdibona 3y ago

Aside from the risk of age, he had documented memory issues after his airplane crash in 1981, i don't know if that makes him more or less vulnerable during a stroke, but I'd be worried for sure.

Andoryuuta 3y ago

I had a TIA(mini-stroke) a few years ago in my early 20s. From what I understand: strokes are not more dangerous with age, but are much more likely to happen as you age. I was told that the the risk factor is a matter of how quickly the stroke is identified and how quickly you are able to receive medical care after the onset. Faster response == less time for brain matter to die due lack of blood.

aag 3y ago
If someone you know is showing signs of a stroke (see https://www.cdc.gov/stroke/signs_symptoms.htm https://www.cdc.gov/stroke/signs_symptoms.htm), get them to the hospital right away. Time is of the essence. Once you're there, don't let overworked personnel ignore them. My mother recently had a stroke. She had absolutely clear, textbook symptoms. She got to the hospital by ambulance right away, but busy doctors and nurses sent her home after two days, saying that she hadn't had a stroke because it didn't show up on an MRI. That night, she fell, broke her pelvis, and returned to the hospital. She waited over twenty hours to see a neurologist, who immediately recognized the signs, and declared that she had had a stroke. True treatment only began then. A second MRI confirmed that diagnosis. Triage isn't always accurate, especially in overworked emergency rooms.
- piuantiderp 3y ago
  Wow, that sounds like third-world kind of treatment. I would consider suing. Sorry that your mom had to go through this.
  - moralestapia 3y ago
    >that sounds like third-world kind of treatment You wish you had third-world medical treatment, though. Having been many times to hospitals in several 1st world countries AND several 3rd world countries, I do not find the former much better than the latter and the 10x-100x price markup is hard to ignore.
    - piuantiderp 3y ago
      Fully agree, the quality of private healthcare in the third-world for common conditions and ailments could be even higher than the first. If they are not being stingy with treatment because everything costs a lot and they're understaffed, then they are thinking what to overtreat because it'll bring in the money. Health of course, is just a secondary concern PS: Btw Rulopotamus-related? (he was a minor celebrity, loved professor in a certain college in some place of this galaxy)

nomel 3y ago

I think cause is a big predictor. If he hit his head/had trauma to his kneck, that's one thing. Clogged arteries are another.

mr_toad 3y ago

> Side note, but why do older people have strokes so more often? In short, your circulatory system gets old and rusty and either bursts or gets blocked. If you manage to avoid CVD, heart disease, and cancer then a stroke is the next problem.

somenameforme 3y ago

As you get older your arteries gradually narrow, a process made even more severe by the buildups of plaque. This is all accelerated by obesity, lack of exercise, and so on. Aging, high blood pressure, and various other factors also causes arteries to weaken, making a rupture even more likely. All of this is part of the reason I think the 'search for the pill/shot of immortality' in modern times is little different than the search for the pool of immortality in ancient times. Everything breaks down over time and so to solve this, we'd need to fix everything, when we yet struggle to truly fix even a single thing.