Of course smoking is a risk factor for both types of strokes, bleeding and clots.
Other than that, A-Fib is a typical cause of strokes in younger people.
It is easy to blame lifestyle, however, I had trouble with A-Fib as a young, fit and healthy man. A virus was related. While the cause was thyroid levels, the initiating factor was getting the Epstein Barr virus which resulted in Hashimoto's autoimmune thyroid failure, along with an infected heart, spleen, and dis regulation of the HPA axis, calcium uptake and eventual mitochondrial dysfunction.
Other than that, A-Fib is a typical cause of strokes in younger people.
It is easy to blame lifestyle, however, I had trouble with A-Fib as a young, fit and healthy man. A virus was related. While the cause was thyroid levels, the initiating factor was getting the Epstein Barr virus which resulted in Hashimoto's autoimmune thyroid failure, along with an infected heart, spleen, and dis regulation of the HPA axis, calcium uptake and eventual mitochondrial dysfunction.