Women's depression provokes a stroke

Middle-aged women suffering from depression, more than twice the risk of becoming victims of stroke than their mentally healthy peers. That is the conclusion drawn by researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia.

Depression in women

12 years to continue the study of Australian scientists, which involved more than 10,000 women aged 47 to 52 years old. As a result, it was found that Depression in women   in middle age significantly increases the risk of stroke, so it is a mental disorder should be considered a risk factor for severe cardiovascular disease.

The authors study admit that they do not know exactly what caused this relationship. But it is possible that the body responds to different kinds of depression the activation of inflammatory and immunological reactions that directly affect the blood vessels. And depressed women in 2, 4 times more likely to become victims of stroke. With the exclusion of other stroke risk factors, his probability of women with depression is still higher in the 1, 9 times compared with women who do not suffer from depression.

"When treating depression in women   physicians should take note of the threat of stroke, - says study author Dr. Carolyn Jackson. - Today, in the recommendations of the doctors involved in the prevention of stroke, there is little indication of the need to pay attention to the mental state of the patient. I hope that in the future, women with depression will have more attention. "

Perhaps these women will be encouraged to take anticoagulants (substances that prevent the formation of blood clots in the blood), and to regularly measure blood pressure. But the treatment of depression will become a powerful stroke prevention. (READ MORE)

Treatment and prevention

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