What is stroke?

Cerebrovascular accident refers to the injury to the brain that occurs when flow of blood to brain tissue is interrupted by a clogged or ruptured artery, causing brain tissue to die because of lack of nutrients and oxygen.

How do members experience stroke?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with stroke*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for stroke*

Who has stroke on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 32
30s 78
40s 161
50s 287
60s 348
70+ 234

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 355
Female 755

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What is stroke?

Cerebrovascular accident refers to the injury to the brain that occurs when flow of blood to brain tissue is interrupted by a clogged or ruptured artery, causing brain tissue to die because of lack of nutrients and oxygen.



Common symptoms reported by people with stroke

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for stroke

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Compare treatments taken by people with stroke

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have stroke through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with stroke? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has stroke on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 7 new patients joined this month
  • 488 say stroke is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 4
20s 32
30s 78
40s 161
50s 287
60s 348
70+ 234
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 23
20-29 years 36
30-39 years 59
40-49 years 85
50-59 years 64
60-69 years 34
70+ years 13

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 355
Female 755

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 472
Not Diagnosed 20

These charts show data from stroke patients who have completed their condition history
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