23-year-old’s neck-cracking habit left her paralyzed
15 minutes later, she had to go and use the bathroom, however, her leg would not move. Natalie suddenly found herself collapsed on the floor.
Natalie, who works for the London Ambulance Service, had unknowingly ruptured her vertebral artery. This is one of the major arteries in the neck. The events that unfolded afterwards involved a blood clot forming in her brain, which cut off oxygen and hence triggered a stroke.
She shared, “People need to know that even if you’re young, something this simple can cause a stroke.”
She revealed later that the reason she did not ring emergency services was that she did not want a crew she knew to come over and find her ‘tipsy.’
She shared, “I was trying to call 999, but I was dithering about it. ThereContinue reading…
