Flu raises chance of stroke and persists for a year
The risk is particularly high in the fortnight afterwards, study finds
Patients with flu-like symptoms are at increased risk of stroke and cervical artery dissection, according to two US studies to be presented at an American Stroke Association conference.
In the first study, a review of nearly 31,000 ischaemic stroke patients with a mean age of 72 found flu-like symptoms increased the odds of having a stroke in the next 15 days by 40%.
