Stroke Prevention: Younger people are having strokes: Here’s what doctors want us to know about modern lifestyle and stroke risk

Stroke is no longer a disease of old age. Across hospitals in India, doctors are reporting a worrying rise in stroke cases among people in their 30s and 40s, many of whom have no history of high blood pressure or diabetes. According to Dr Aparna Gupta, Neurologist at Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, this sudden shift has more to do with how we live today than with our genes. On World Stroke Day, Dr Gupta explains how chronic stress, long hours on screens, and sedentary habits are quietly damaging the brain’s blood vessels. These modern triggers, she says, are turning once-rare “brain attacks” into an everyday emergency for younger adults. Most people's perception of a stroke is an older individual and maybe someone with a long history of high blood pressure or diabetes. But I am