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"Unvaccinated Kids May Have Higher Risk of Stroke After a Cold"

  • Dr. OZ The Good Life
  • (September 30, 2015)

Unvaccinated Kids May Have Higher Risk of Stroke After a Cold - Carey Rossi
Here's something we don't usually associate with children and flu season: stroke. But a September 2015 study published in Neurology found that kids might be at a higher risk of having a stroke after battling a cold or the flu, especially if they're poorly vaccinated. But before you start panicking any time your child has a fever or runny nose, you need to know that strokes are rare in children, says Steven Wolf, MD, associate professor of neurology and pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. There are nearly 11 cases of childhood stroke per 100,000 U.S. children, according to the American Stroke Association. To put this in perspective, Dr. Wolf says, an average neurologist may see one or two childhood strokes a year and they are usually in the infant stage.

- Steven Wolf, MD, Associate Professor, Neurology, Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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