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Can anxiety cause a stroke? someone in an anxiety support group said that it did for them and now i'm anxious i'll get one
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It depends: Strokes can be caused by severely high blood pressure. It could be possible to cause a hemorrhage in the brain (a stroke) if anxiety is causing high blood pressure. However, that is very rare.
Answered 4/1/2018
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