Uncontrolled Intake Of Vitamin E Is An Increased Risk Of Hemorrhagic Stroke

Uncontrolled Intake Of Vitamin E Is An Increased Risk Of Hemorrhagic Stroke.
People who stand vitamin E supplements may be putting themselves at a mortify increased endanger for a hemorrhagic stroke, researchers report. Some studies have suggested that taking vitamin E can cover against heart disease, while others have found that, in high doses, it might increase the danger of death. In the United States, an estimated 13 percent of the population takes vitamin E supplements, the researchers said.

And "Vitamin E supplementation is not as strongbox as we may like to believe," said distance researcher Dr Markus Schurks, who's with the division of preventive nostrum at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "Specifically, it appears to carry an increased risk for hemorrhagic stroke. While the jeopardize is low translating into one additional hemorrhage per 1250 persons taking vitamin E, widespread and unruly use of vitamin E should be cautioned against".

The report is published in the Nov 5, 2010 online version of the BMJ. For the study, Schurks and his colleagues did a meta-analysis, which is a rethinking of published studies, that looked at vitamin E and the risk for stroke. There are basically two types of stroke: one where blood spill to the brain is blocked, called an ischemic stroke, and one where vessels severance and bleed into the brain, called a hemorrhagic stroke. Of the two, hemorrhagic strokes are more rare, but more serious, the researchers noted.

The analysis team looked at nine trials that included 118756 patients. Although none of the trials found an overall imperil for stroke associated with vitamin E, there was a incongruity in the risk of the type of stroke.