Study finds nearly five-fold increase in hospitalizations for common cause of stroke

 

Really disappointed they excluded recent head/neck trauma like chiropractic adjustments or beauty parlor strokes.

Here's a lot more information on cervical artery dissections including precisely why you never get your neck adjusted.

cervical artery dissection (9 posts to November 2013)

Study finds nearly five-fold increase in hospitalizations for common cause of stroke

Date:

April 2, 2025

Source:

American Academy of Neurology

Summary:

Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five-fold increase in the number of U.S. hospitalizations for cervical artery dissection over a 15-year period.

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Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five-fold increase in the number of U.S. hospitalizations for cervical artery dissection over a 15-year period. The study is published on April 2, 2025, online in Neurology^®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN).

A dissection in the artery wall is most often caused by trauma due to motor vehicle accidents but can also occur with smaller injuries.

Heavy lifting has also been shown to cause dissection in some people.