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reasons of brain stroke - #17636

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I am really worried because my uncle just had a brain stroke and no one seems to know exactly what caused it. We’ve been going through his medical history, and he had high blood pressure and was a smoker, but I keep wondering about other reasons of brain stroke that might not be as obvious. He wasn’t super active, but he wasn’t sedentary either. Like, he was healthy enough to play golf on weekends. His diet was kinda mixed, so I guess there's that, but no one really thought he was at serious risk. Now, everyone keeps asking what the reasons of brain stroke could’ve been and I don’t know what to say. I'm frustrated because doctors mention things like cholesterol and diabetes, but why didn’t anyone tell us to be more careful about these things earlier?? I mean, he was just 65! Is that typical for someone like him? I heard there can be genetic factors too, but we have no family history of strokes. Isn’t that strange? Anyway, what are the actual reasons of brain stroke, not just the common ones? Are there any signs we missed? I feel like we could’ve done something to prevent this.

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