Last Reviewed: November 2023

In short, the answer is not known. Every specific test was negative.

However I suffer from diabetes and hypertension. Each of these is a risk factor and in me, neither could be well-controlled despite a lifetime of visits to the doctor. There is a lesson here in not allowing things to slide. There are hundreds of medicines on the market – poor control could indicate that the best med has simply not yet been found.

In my case, every one of my meds was changed by hospital specialists, which indicates that pre-stroke, I was prescribed the sub-optimal meds.

Post-stroke, I have better control.