Stroke? It is not just 'old stuff'. In Italy the incidence rises dramatically of this terrible attack among young people, with as many as 10,400 people affected even before shutting down the 55 candles. Of these, 4200 have even less than 45 years. And things are bound to worsen with the passing of years. Accused end drug abuse, which is widespread among young Italians. In particular, stimulants such as cocaine, amphetamine and ecstasy. "So those drugs that are commonly set on Saturday night," says Danilo Toni, president of the Italian stroke. On the sidelines of a presentation today in Rome's Ninth National Day against stroke, the expert there must nevertheless be stated that the basis of stroke youth "are mainly genetic causes and Carotid and vertebral artery dissection caused by trauma or repetitive microtrauma to the neck. "But the exciting drugs end up on the dock, and, in addition to the general aging of the population, their abuse is one of the causes likely to increase, in coming years, the number of people affected by stroke. It 's a bolt from the blue that disrupts the lives of 200 thousand Italians year. And' the stroke, a silent killer that kills each year in our country 70 000 people, while 50 000 others remain with severe disability that deprives them of their independence. They are over 900 thousand Italians in the course of their lives have been affected by a stroke. Of those, many will bear the mark, indelebile nel corpo oltre che nella memoria. Per mettere in guardia gli italiani da questo nemico giurato della salute, martedì prossimo partirà la settimana nazionale contro l'ictus cerebrale, presentata oggi a Roma in una conferenza stampa presso il Policlinico capitolino Umberto I. Dal 13 al 18 maggio prossimi, sono previste visite gratuite nei principali ospedali della Penisola con screening del rischio ictus, controllo della pressione arteriosa e calcolo del rischio cardiovascolare. Non solo. La campagna, promossa dalla Federazione Alice Italia onlus, porterà nelle piazze di numerose città appositi stand, dove medici e volontari forniranno consigli e indicazioni su come comportarsi in caso di 'emergenza ictus', un temibile imprevisto che, oltre to disrupt the lives of those affected, weighing heavily on the banks of the NHS. In Italy, in fact, stroke accounts for approximately € 3.70 billion a year in direct costs alone, nearly 4% to total health of our country.
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