COVID-19 is causing strokes in young people and doctors don’t know why
Researchers think that the new coronavirus may bind to receptors on endothelial cells, which are found on the inside of blood vessels, like veins and arteries. (Pixabay/)COVID-19 may be causing strokes and heart attacks, even in patients who don’t seem to be at risk for those conditions. This alarming news has made headlines in recent days, but researchers say the link between infection with the new virus and these conditions is complicated and still poorly understood.J Morro, a Mount Sinai neurosurgeon, and his colleagues are among the three sets of researchers who are publishing data on this still poorly understood element of COVID-19, The Washington Post reports. His team started looking into a potential connection between infection with coronavirus and an increased risk of stroke in late March and early April, when New York City’s COVID-19 patient numbers spiked—along with it, the numbers of major strokes. “It wasn’t a subtle...