‘Superfit’ 30 year-old suffers shock stroke in the shower and now faces paralysis for life – as cases skyrocket in the under 40s
'Superfit' 30 year-old suffers shock stroke in the shower and now faces paralysis for life – as cases skyrocket in the under 40s
Mr Rudd's attack comes as experts warn of an alarming rise in strokes among younger adults. https://t.co/Ufaup8nkDJ
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A ‘superfit healthy eater’ is facing a life of paralysis after suffering a shock stroke at just 30 years-old — as cases of attacks in Brits under 50s continue to soar.
Liam Rudd, a mechanic from Guildford, had just moved to the Australian Gold Coast when he suffered the deadly stroke, causing him to immediately collapse in the shower.
His partner, Stella Slinger Thompson, 28, found him unable to move after the attack, on Sunday 11th November, and immediately called an ambulance.
‘He’d been throwing up so we thought he had a really bad concussion, we didn’t realise what it was at that point,’ recalled Ms Slinger Thompson, who is from Brighton but also lives in Australia.
Now, having recently awoken from a coma, Mr Rudd suffers paralysis on his left side, and has been told he must undergo intensive rehabilitation for at least a year and a half.
‘We don’t know what’s going to happen,’ said Ms Slinger Thompson. ‘He could be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Who knows at this stage. It’s a lot of living in limbo and trying to stay positive without really knowing anything.’
After arriving at hospital, doctors examined Mr Rudd and almost immediately accertained that he had suffered a stroke due to paralysis on his left side.
He’d need emergency surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain that had caused the attack, they said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14224035/young-stroke-crisis-rising-numbers-50s.html
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