Day: 25 June 2020

Although typically considered a lung infection, COVID-19 has been found to cause blood clots that can lead to severe stroke.Experts say that this can happen in any patients regardless of age, and even in those with few or no symptoms.People with COVID-19 as young as 30 are experiencing strokes even when their symptoms were mild. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out of date. Visit our coronavirus hub and follow
My name is Emma, and I had just turned twenty nine, two weeks before my stroke. I had just got home from work and served my children their dinner. I sat down to watch TV and noticed there were spots in my vision, just like the spots you get from staring at the sun or light. I thought to myself that it was slightly strange, but I was convinced it would go away at any second. When I realised it