“I Thought I Had a Cold but Mystery Illness Left My Face Paralysed”
Real Fix
2023-12-05
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Credit: SWNS / Caoimhe Reddy
A woman who thought she had a head cold was rushed to hospital after she woke up to find half her face had become paralysed in the night.
Caoimhe Reddy, 26, thought her cheek was just numb from 'sleeping funny' until she couldn't sip her morning coffee.
When she looked in the mirror she realised the left half of her face was slumped - and 111 operators told her she might be having a stroke.
But seven weeks of tests came back clear and doctors are still uncertain exactly that caused her paralysis.
A woman who thought she had a head cold was rushed to hospital after she woke up to find half her face had become paralysed in the night.
Caoimhe Reddy, 26, thought her cheek was just numb from 'sleeping funny' until she couldn't sip her morning coffee.
When she looked in the mirror she realised the left half of her face was slumped - and 111 operators told her she might be having a stroke.
But seven weeks of tests came back clear and doctors are still uncertain exactly that caused her paralysis.
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