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== gpt-5-2 ==
=== User: What percentage of strokes are never noticed by the victim? ===
What percentage of strokes are never noticed by the victim?

=== Assistant: Yes — a significant portion of strokes can occur without the person noticing them at the time, and these are referred t… ===
Yes — a significant portion of strokes can occur without the person noticing them at the time, and these are referred to as silent strokes or covert cerebrovascular infarctions. These happen without the obvious symptoms (like weakness, speech loss, numbness) that typically prompt someone to seek medical attention. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_stroke|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-12-14}}</ref>

===== 📊 How Common Are Unnoticed (Silent) Strokes? =====
* For every clinically recognized (symptomatic) stroke, there may be roughly ~10 silent strokes. That means up to about 90% of some stroke events might go unnoticed because they cause no clear symptoms for the person at the time. Instalab<ref>{{cite web|title=Instalab|url=https://instalab.com/answers/can-you-have-a-stroke-and-not-know-it|publisher=instalab.com|access-date=2025-12-14}}</ref>
* Population imaging studies find silent stroke lesions in roughly 10–30% of older adults who have never had a diagnosed stroke. These represent past strokes the person didn’t know they had. Medical News Today<ref>{{cite web|title=Medical News Today|url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/silent-strokes|publisher=Medical News Today|access-date=2025-12-14}}</ref>
* Among very older adults (e.g., people over 80), about 25–30% may have had one or more silent strokes seen on imaging — yet they never recognized it clinically. Harvard Health<ref>{{cite web|title=Harvard Health|url=https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-silent-stroke|publisher=Harvard Health|access-date=2025-12-14}}</ref>

===== 🧠 What This Means =====
* Silent strokes are true strokes — they cause brain damage — but because they happen in parts of the brain that don’t cause obvious symptoms, the person may not notice them at the time. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_stroke|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-12-14}}</ref>
* They are usually detected only later when someone gets a brain MRI/CT scan for another reason. Healthline<ref>{{cite web|title=Healthline|url=https://www.healthline.com/health/stroke/silent-stroke|publisher=healthline.com|access-date=2025-12-14}}</ref>
* Although “silent,” these strokes are not harmless: they increase the risk of future symptomatic strokes and cognitive decline. Medical News Today<ref>{{cite web|title=Medical News Today|url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/silent-strokes|publisher=Medical News Today|access-date=2025-12-14}}</ref>

===== 🧮 Summary =====

While exact percentages vary by age and population studied, estimates suggest that:
* Many more strokes occur without symptoms than with symptoms (silent strokes may outnumber symptomatic ones by about 10:1). Instalab<ref>{{cite web|title=Instalab|url=https://instalab.com/answers/can-you-have-a-stroke-and-not-know-it|publisher=instalab.com|access-date=2025-12-14}}</ref>
* About 10–30% of older adults show evidence of past silent strokes on imaging, despite never knowing they had a stroke. Medical News Today<ref>{{cite web|title=Medical News Today|url=https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/silent-strokes|publisher=Medical News Today|access-date=2025-12-14}}</ref>

If you’re interested, I can explain more about how silent strokes are detected or what symptoms may subtly indicate one.