Post by sherlew99 on Jun 18, 2014 20:14:21 GMT -6
Stroke selfie: Woman films herself having one, helping doctors diagnose her
'The sensation is happening again,' Stacey Yepes says in video
By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News
06-28-14
Yahoo News
A 49-year-old Canadian who took a selfie video as she was experiencing a ministroke is being credited by doctors for helping them diagnose her.
In April, Stacey Yepes of Thornhill, Ontario, went to the emergency room after she felt numbness in her face and had trouble speaking, the CBC reports. But when the symptoms subsided and tests for a stroke came up negative, doctors told her it was likely stress.
'The sensation is happening again,' Stacey Yepes says in video
By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News
06-28-14
Yahoo News
A 49-year-old Canadian who took a selfie video as she was experiencing a ministroke is being credited by doctors for helping them diagnose her.
In April, Stacey Yepes of Thornhill, Ontario, went to the emergency room after she felt numbness in her face and had trouble speaking, the CBC reports. But when the symptoms subsided and tests for a stroke came up negative, doctors told her it was likely stress.
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