Consultant neurologist at CUH Dr Áine Merwick says one in five women will suffer stroke in their lifetime. She points, however, to UK studies that find more women than men aged between 45-54 having strokes (age when women are peri-menopausal). An estimated five to 10 out of 100,000 women get stroke during pregnancy. In the case of most young women we see, pregnancy isn’t a factor – rather it’s other factors like diabetes or high blood pressure. The few who have stroke in pregnancy tend to have some other risk factor like high blood pressure,” confirms Dr Merwick.

Source: Irish Examiner September 11, 2020 04:52 UTC