"Actual Housewives of Atlanta" alum Nene Leakes revealed on Monday that her 23-year-old son, Brentt Leakes, suffered a stroke and congestive coronary heart failure. In a number of Instagram tales, the fact star and actress spoke candidly in regards to the incident, which she stated befell two weeks in the past.
"He is solely 23, so he is actually younger for one thing like that to occur to him," she stated. "The very first thing loads of medical doctors consider when somebody that age are available in with that form of situation is possibly they've completed medicine or possibly they've some critical an infection, possibly HIV or some type of an infection is what I am being instructed by the medical doctors."
The 54-year-old stated her son doesn't drink or do medicine and the medical doctors have run quite a few exams however have but to search out the trigger.
"They have been pondering possibly he had caught COVID and he did not know that he had COVID," she stated. "He by no means knew [if] he had COVID, I've by no means recognized him to have COVID." Research have discovered that folks with preexisting vascular threat components may endure a stroke whereas contaminated with COVID-19. One examine by Thomas Jefferson College discovered "that COVID-19 sufferers with extreme stroke tended to be youthful and more healthy than most extreme stroke sufferers, and likewise had extra difficult-to-treat circumstances."
Leakes, nevertheless, reiterated that medical doctors nonetheless have no idea the reason for her son's stroke however that his situation is enhancing. "He is battling talking," she stated, getting choked up. "I do not know. I simply know, preserve us in your prayers."
Leakes' husband and Brentt's father, Gregg Leakes, died in 2021 after a protracted battle with colon most cancers. Within the Instagram video, she stated the membership the household opened collectively, Linnethia Lounge, might need to be bought. "That is only a lot proper now on me," she stated. "It is one thing I shared with Brentt after Gregg's passing."
She added that Brentt FaceTimed her that morning and was in good spirits and has proven some enchancment, however the household continues to be shocked. "If we knew the trigger, clearly we may deal with the trigger," she stated, including that it was "very scary."
Brentt and Leakes' older son, Bryson, 32, have each been featured on "Actual Housewives of Atlanta," a actuality present on Bravo centered round ladies who stay in Atlanta. Leakes starred on the present on and off because it started in 2008. Leakes can also be an actress, and has had roles on "Glee" and "The New Regular."
Strokes happen when one thing blocks blood provide to a part of the mind or when a blood vessel within the mind bursts, based on the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.
Strokes may cause lasting mind injury, incapacity or demise. Coronary heart failure happens when the center can not pump sufficient blood and oxygen to help different organs, based on the CDC.
Whereas they'll happen at any age, the chance of stroke does improve with age. The main causes of stroke embody hypertension, excessive ldl cholesterol, smoking, weight problems, and diabetes.