Ps, I was 41 at the time of my stroke
rugby_girl
Hi,
I'm Sorry to hear of your concerns. There are a couple of things worth considering. Firstly, do you suffer with migraines and also look up PFO or Patent Foramen Ovale as this may also be a relevant factor.
You dont need to be old to have problems of this sort, I also have low cholesetrol and ok blood pressure, yet I had an Ischemic stroke november 07, and I still have no firm idea of what caused it other than the above mentioned.
I hope this helps.
Rugby_girl
Thank you so much. I do not have any of the risk factors you listed, I have extremely low cholesterol, don't smoke, consume alcohol moderately, have normal to low BP and am IBW. I'll be very interested to hear what the neurologist says when he sees my MRI and has a more thorough look see.
Hi,
How are you?
Microvascular ischemia can occur not only in elderly there are other risk factors also. These include smoking, chronic alcoholism, obesity, high cholesterol and high BP.
It is possible you may be having one of these risk factors. Please get your BP checked and blood cholesterol levels checked.
Generally tiny areas of white matter changes do not affect cognition. However if the condition continues to progress it may impair the thought process.
Hope this helps!