If a person has trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early, it can be a warning sign.
A new study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology shows that insomnia can increase the risk of stroke in people under the age of 50.
In this regard, the experts of Virginia Commonwealth University further say that this research has not proved the relationship between insomnia and stroke, but only shown it.
“There are many treatments that can help improve the quality of a person’s sleep,” says study author Vandemy Sawadogo.
After determining what kind of sleep problems increase the risk of stroke, people with sleep problems may be allowed earlier treatment, he said.
The goal of early treatment is to reduce the risk of sleep problems and possible stroke later in life, he added.
Factors that can lead to stroke include drinking alcohol, smoking and lack of physical activity, says Vendemi Sawadogo.
He added that a person who has these factors in his life has a 16% higher risk of stroke than other people.
The study found that people with five to eight symptoms of insomnia had a greater than 50 percent risk of stroke, while so far 436 people out of 5,695 with five to eight symptoms had had a stroke.
The list of risk factors for stroke, including high blood pressure and diabetes, can increase with age, and insomnia can also play a role, says Dr. Vendemi Sawadogo.
“This significant difference suggests that controlling insomnia symptoms at an early age may be an effective stroke prevention strategy,” he said.
The researchers observed that the risk of stroke increased for people with diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and depression.
Experts highlighted the limitations of the new study, saying that the participants self-reported the insomnia symptoms they experienced, so the information may not be accurate.
Despite this, experts claim that the results of this study are enough to do more research on reducing the risk of stroke after improving sleep.
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