A woman who had “never been ill” ended up paralysed after waking up with a stiff neck one morning. Helen Finchman was just 21 years old when she was diagnosed with an incredibly rare disease. After putting down the soreness to sleeping in an awkward position, she suddenly went downhill. Helen, from Bridgend, near Cardiff, said: “I have never been ill in my life so I knew something was really wrong. "I was struggling to breathe and all of a sudden I was having pains in my arm. “I phoned the doctors and the receptionist said that you need to go to hospital right now. "I really started to panic then." Paramedics arrived at Helen’s home and carried out an ECG which showed she wasn’t having a heart attack. But her symptoms were so severe she insisted on being taken to hospital. “They went to help me up and I just fell through their arms and I was looking up at them confused as to why I wasn't stood up,” she told Wales Online. Sadly, it soon became apparent that Helen was paralysed. "The next day I was taken to Morriston Hospital in Swansea, and they were doing that thing to test your reflexes, where your leg is supposed to shoot up after your knee is tapped,” she said. "My leg wasn't doing that. "I was crying, I couldn't even wipe my own tears." Helen was diagnosed with transverse myelitis — inflammation of the spinal cord. It is not known what triggered Helen’s condition and the NHS is still researching the best way to treat the disease. Now aged 24, Helen revealed she “can't do much independently" and relies on carers. She said: “Last year, when it was really hot, I couldn't even get outside by myself to sit out in the sunshine. "I was just stuck inside waiting for my carers to come. "I rely on people to wash me, dress me, move me, get me out of the car. "I am so appreciative of the care I receive, but I just want to be able to do things for myself like any other 24-year-old. "I love getting out of the house, I have been imprisoned long enough." A friend of Helen’s, Simon Green, is now competing in wheelchair marathons to fund private physiotherapy for her. Helen, who said she only gets 15 minutes of physiotherapy a week with the NHS, said: “I need physio to help me get stronger, and hopefully once I am more able, I can get stronger naturally."camera iphone 8 plus apk Woman, 21, wakes up with stiff neck and hours later is paralysed | |
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