He stretched his neck watching a movie, made a strange noise and almost died

A 23 year old Australian paramedic suffered a stroke due to the bursting of a vertebral artery when she stretched her neck, according to a Infobae.

This is Natalie Kuricki, who works for the ambulance service in London.

According to information, the girl was watching a movie with a friend after a party, when she stretched her neck and heard a loud creak.

It did not matter at the time and fifteen minutes later, when he got up to go to the bathroom, he fell to the ground. He could not move his left leg.

She was rushed to the hospital, where they discovered that her spinal artery – one of the main arteries of the neck – had erupted. This resulted in the formation of a blood clot in his brain that resulted in a stroke.

"People need to know that even if you're young, something so simple can cause a stroke," Natalie said.

And he remembered: "My friend asked me, 'What was your neck?' "But all my joints make these noises, so I did not pay much attention.

The girl confessed to having confused what had happened to the symptoms of a drunk person since she had been drinking alcohol: "I got up and tried to go to the bathroom and I staggered everywhere. " I moved my left leg and fell to the ground. "

Natalie was rushed to the National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery. The surgery lasted three hours: the surgeons managed to repair the damaged artery using a stent, but they could not eliminate the clot in his brain, although they believe that it will dissolve with time.

"When the doctor told me that I had a cerebrovascular accident, I was shocked and later they said that stretching my neck had caused the rupture of my spinal artery, it is possible that a million people suffer, "he said. .

The daily exercises helped her to recover her movements in the leg, arm and hand. Although he has not yet received a specific deadline for his complete recovery, he hopes to return to work in the next six to twelve months. (Infobae and La Nueva.)