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Why stroke is on the rise among youth
Doctors across Uganda are raising concern over a growing number of young adults being diagnosed with stroke, a development they describe as both alarming and preventable. At Mulago National Referral Hospital, specialists say the shift is no longer subtle — it is visible on the wards.
Stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted. This can happen when a blood vessel is blocked by a clot, known as an ischemic stroke, or when a blood vessel ruptures and bleeds into the brain, referred to as a haemorrhagic stroke.
By: John Musenze, Journalists @New Vision
KAMPALA - For many years, stroke was widely regarded as a disease of old age and a condition associated with advanced years and rarely considered a threat to