Children Who Had Chickenpox are at Risk of Having a Stroke

 Children Who Had Chickenpox are at Risk of Having a Stroke



Although relatively mild, chickenpox occur in children can not be dismissed because it is contagious and can cause complications if never addressed. In fact a new study reveals chickenpox can raise the risk of stroke in children. How can that be? 


Having looked at medical records 49 children who never had chicken pox as well as a stroke during the study, ie 6.5 years, researchers found that children are four times greater chance of suffering a stroke six months after chicken pox. Thus was launched DocMedico. 


Researchers speculate that it could be the virus that causes chickenpox, varicella zoster which causes damage or inflamed arteries to the child, thus increasing the risk of deep vein thrombosis, which ultimately led to the stroke. Moreover, according to researchers, the chickenpox virus can multiply within the walls of the arteries in the brain and it can also lead to stroke. 


However, the National Stroke Association said stroke in children is fairly rare. Recorded only 6 out of every 100,000 children aged under 15 years who have a stroke each year. That means the risk of stroke who owned a child after chicken pox can be said to be very small. 


Even so, a new study by a team of researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine this provides additional evidence of the link between chickenpox with stroke. Because other studies released in 2001 also found that 31 percent of children who have had chicken pox stroke turns a year earlier.




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