Neurologists Link Late-Night Sleep Loss to 1-in-3 Future Stroke Risk

3 articles · Updated · The Times of India · May 29

Neurologists say chronic late-night habits and sleep deprivation are raising the risk of transient ischemic attacks, or mini-strokes, even among younger adults whose symptoms may fade within minutes.
NIH data underscore the warning: nearly 1 in 3 people who have a TIA later suffer a stroke, with almost half of those strokes occurring within a year.
Sleep loss disrupts blood-pressure control, blood-vessel repair, stress hormones, inflammation and metabolism, creating conditions that can temporarily block blood flow to the brain.
Months or years of poor sleep can also drive caffeine use, inactivity, nighttime processed-food snacking and higher stress, adding to hypertension, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease that further lift stroke risk.

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