healthydailymail.com There are two types of pediatric stroke: perinatal stroke and childhood stroke.
Perinatal stroke, also referred to as fetal or prenatal stroke, occurs between the last 18 weeks of pregnancy and the first 30 days of birth. In the US, perinatal stroke occurs in about 1 in every 2,800 live births.
Most cases of perinatal stroke are ischemic, caused by blood clots breaking off from the placenta and becoming lodged in the child's brain.
Childhood stroke occurs between the ages of 1 month and 18 years. Unlike adults, in whom ischemic stroke is most common, children are equally as likely to have ischemic stroke as they are hemorrhagic stroke - caused by a brain bleed from a ruptured blood vessel.
Around 60% of all pediatric strokes occur in boys, and African-American children are at greater stroke risk than Caucasian and Asian children.
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