"unknown" cause of stroke--35 years old

Posted by carlie8326 @carlie8326, 1 day ago

Hi there--live in Ohio and back in Feb I had a stroke. I am 35 year old healthy adult. After many tests in the two week hospital stay I was told HSV2 had caused vasculitis that caused major stenosis to my M1 artery. After 3 weeks of being on IV Aciclovir i was sent for another MRI which showed no better of that artery--it is still very much so stenosed. I have been having new symptoms as far as warmness in head/chest-sore legs-headaches-extreme brain fog/fatigue. I met with an infectious disease doctor whom stated that he does not believe HSV2 caused this and he believes everyone is missing something. My next step is to seek medical attention from the Mayo Clinic...while trying to figure this all out i decided to come on here & post to see if anyone else had any input/experiences with this. Thank you!!

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lbholley | @lbholley | 9 hours ago

Mayo Clinic will be very helpful. Here is my suggestion, and what they say. If you do not live in the area, plan on staying there a few days after your initial appointment. They will do everything in their power to schedule and get tests done right away. They told my husband to plan on staying 4-5 days and we had a busy appointment shcedule (unrelated to stroke), but they got all of the tests done and a consult at the end.

Good luck, I'm sorry you are going through this.