Victim of stroke misdiagnosed with tonsillitis

We all have this feeling of unconsciousness that a severe headache can be more than that, but all too often we get rid of life-threatening symptoms.

A woman in England, however, followed her instinct and visited a general practitioner after a violent headache that suddenly flooded her, but her symptoms were dismissed by the health care professional.

Christine Morgan was working as a hairdresser in Kent in 2016, when she suddenly had a headache.

Knowing that it was more than a mild pain, her husband called a doctor who only checked his temperature and his glands.

Although she did not hurt her throat or cough, a small white spot led the doctor to fear her until she had tonsillitis.

Less than a week later, the 64-year-old suffered an open-head emergency operation to treat brain bleeding.

It turns out that she was suffering from subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of stroke putting her life in danger.

Experts warn that time is running out in almost every case and that for Morgan the delay in the prognosis has had a devastating effect.

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Six days elapsed between the diagnosis of tonsillitis and his operation, which cost him a "crucial time".

She was hospitalized for eight weeks and remained paralyzed on the left side of her body.

What is subarachnoid hemorrhage?

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The blood mixes with the cerebrospinal fluid, which protects the brain and spinal cord, which puts increased pressure on the brain. The intense pressure causes extreme headaches, which some people call "thunderclap".

In the days following bleeding, chemical irritation caused by blood clotting around the brain can cause spasm of the cerebral arteries, which can damage brain tissue.

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"It goes off without warning and occurs in an instant."

"There is a kind of worrying feeling that is invading them," he adds. "Family members or their escorts acknowledge that something is wrong."

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