Drinking Coffee Potential Stroke Trigger

It's hard to believe that blowing nose or drinking coffee could be deadly. Perhaps this have an untreated brain aneurysm, these everyday actions could trigger a life-threatening stroke, a new study suggest. Up to 1 in 15 people will develop a brain aneurysm - a dangerously weak spot in the wall of a blood vessel in the brain - during their lifetime. All cerebral aneurysms have the potential to rupture and bleed, but few do; the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke estimates that it happens to about 25,000 to 27,000 people in the U.S. each year.

From the scientists survey result of 250 patients who had a stroke after a brain aneurysm ruptured. They asked them about exposure to 30 potential triggers in the period just before the stroke. Based on the patient responses, the researchers identified eight stroke triggers and the percentage of hemorrhages that could be attributed to each:

• Coffee consumption (10.6%)
• Vigorous physical exercise (7.9%)
• Nose Blowing (5.4%)
• Sexual intercourse (3.6%)
• Cola consumption (3.5%)
• Being startled (2.7%)
• Being angry (1.3%)

The common link between that trigger is that each increases blood pressure suddenly, the researchers said. High blood pressure is known risk factor for stroke. Risk of stroke was also higher shortly after drinking alcohol, but decreased quickly.