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Teen left paralyzed after her severe ‘back ache’ was sign of rare spinal stroke #shorts
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1:05Now PlayingA fit and healthy woman has told how her “back ache” turned out to be a rare spinal stroke which left her paralyzed from the chest down.
Lucy Dunford was 19 years old when she first started suffering from “stabbing pains” between her shoulder blades in December 2024 — which she had brushed off as normal body aches.
And a couple of weeks later, she was rushed to the hospital after the pain grew “unbearable” before she developed pins and needles in her hands and feet and became too weak to walk.
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