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  • Signs Of A Stroke: Woman’s Selfie Saves Her Life

    Selfie photos get a lot of criticism and most of them are unnecessary and simply a way for the photographer to get some attention from social network followers or friends.

    One woman found out that a selfie video may have saved her life.

    Stacey Yepes had been feeling a weird tingling sensation in her face and wasn’t sure exactly what was happening to her.

    She decided to video tape herself while the numbness and tingling were occurring and saved it for her next doctor’s appointment.

    Yepes had already seen a doctor for the strange tingling feeling, but had been told that it was just stress related. When the symptoms continued, Yepes decided to see a different doctor.

    She decided to show the video she had taken of herself to her doctor and was surprised by his diagnosis. The used the photo to determine that Yepes had been having a series of mini strokes over the last few days.

    When Yepes decided to make the video, she didn’t really have any plans for it and only filmed herself to show others what was happening to her.

    “I think it was just to show somebody, because I knew it was not stress-related,” she said in an interview. “And I thought if I could show somebody what was happening, they would have a better understanding.”

    The doctors put her on medications that help thin her blood and lower her cholesterol in hopes of preventing more strokes from happening.

    If Yepes had not posted the photo, she could have suffered a major stroke and possibly died.

    Yepes’s video has gone viral and may help other people with similar symptoms seek medical attention before it’s too late.

    If you have any of the same symptoms as Yepes or have tingling feelings in your face or a sense of numbness that comes and goes, talk to your doctor to determine if you have had a stroke or are at risk for one.

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  • Stroke Selfie Saves Woman’s Life

    Stroke Selfie Saves Woman’s Life

    A Canadian woman, who was suffering from a series of mini-strokes, may have saved her own life by recording her stroke with a selfie.

    In April, Stacey Yepes started experiencing symptoms of a stroke; her face was going numb and she was having trouble speaking. After the symptoms had subsided, Stacey went to the emergency room to be checked out by doctors. The doctors examined Stacey and told her that they thought the symptoms were simply stress related and gave her tips on how to cope with stress.

    A couple days later, Stacey was driving to work when she started feeling the numbness in her face again. Determined to make the doctors understand what was going on, Stacey immediately pulled over and started recording her symptoms. In the video, you can clearly see that something is wrong with Stacey’s face; she is unable to smile or lift her arm. Yepes showed the video to her co-workers, who urged her to go to a different hospital.

    “I think it was just to show somebody, because I knew it was not stress-related,” Yepes said. “And I thought if I could show somebody what was happening, they would have a better understanding.”

    Stacey then took the video to another doctor, who diagnosed her with transient ischemic attack, otherwise known as a mini-stroke, that was caused by plaque build up in her arteries. The diagnosis was confirmed by an MRI scan.

    “In all my years treating stroke patients, we’ve never seen anyone tape themselves before,” Dr. Cheryl Jaigobin, the stroke neurologist at the Toronto Western Hospital’s stroke center said. “Her symptoms were compelling, and the fact she stopped and found a way to portray them in such a visual fashion, we were all touched by it.”

    Stacey is currently feeling better and is taking a combination of cholesterol-lowering medications and blood thinners. She hopes to be able to return to her job sometime in July.

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