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Coffee, sex and blowing your nose may increase stroke risk

New study identifies risk factors of brain bleeding

by macleans.ca on Friday, May 6, 2011 12:11pm - 9 Comments

According to a new study of 250 patients from researchers in the Netherlands, coffee, sex and blowing your nose are among eight risk factors that could boost the risk of having a certain type of stroke. All of these actions increase blood pressure, and could result in blood vessels bursting, which can lead to brain damage or death, the BBC reports. Researchers looked at 250 patients for three years to find out what triggers these ruptures, and found that coffee was responsible for more than one in 10 brain aneurysms (when a weakened blood vessel bursts). Coffee increased the risk only 1.7 times, but it’s more common than the other risk factors. Being startled increased the risk by over 23 times, but it was responsible for less than 3 per cent of cases. One in 50 people have a brain aneurysm, they said, but only a few rupture.

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  • gottabesaid

    As a six-cup-a-day nymphomaniac with bad allergies, this report is disconcerting.

    • TheRealKuri

      I agree. But not so disconcerting as to make one want to change.

  • madeyoulook

    Coffee, sex and blowing your nose may increase stroke risk

    What about in reverse order?

  • 1yellowknife

    Coffee, sex and blowing your nose …. never do all three at the same time. Otherwise, no worries — right!

  • Blue

    That`s it—no more coffee or nose-blowing for me.

  • Curious

    Are there still risks if someone else blows your nose?

  • Holly Stick

    You just made me snort. Was that dangerous, too?

  • http://ragingranter.blogspot.com Raging_Ranter

    And if you do all three at the same time, well, that's just reckless.

  • Waitamin

    Don't force too much when sitting on the throne. That, said by some, can be dangerous. Coffee!!??

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