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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Marcus Shaw & Tim Hanlon

Mum mistakes stroke for neck pain as she wakes up in hospital with 'locked-in' syndrome

A woman has told of waking up with "locked-in syndrome" in hospital and being unable to communicate after suffering neck pain which turned out to be a stroke.

Kate Green, 43, from Rotherham, was taking her seven-year-old son, Stanley, swimming when she suddenly had a feeling of exhaustion come over her in December, 2021.

And returning home she felt an intense pain in her neck.

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