Could a woman be at a higher risk of stroke after a miscarriage?
Live MintNew research shows women who have had a miscarriage or stillbirth, have an increased risk of stroke – when blood can’t get to the brain, because of a blocked or burst artery. The risk increased with each miscarriage so that women who had three or more miscarriages had a 35% higher risk for non-fatal stroke and an 82% higher risk in fatal strokes compared with women who had never miscarried. Among women who had ever been pregnant, women who had a history of stillbirth had a 31% higher risk of non-fatal strokes and a 7% higher risk of fatal strokes. Adjusting for known risk factors Our findings were adjusted for many of the known risk factors for stroke: body mass index, whether the women smoked or not, andwhether they had high blood pressure or diabetes.
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Infertility, miscarriage and stillbirth ‘linked to an increased risk of stroke’
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