Lauren Bradfield, now 22, suffered her first stroke aged just 20 She mistook the blinding headache anddizzinessfor a hangover After being rushed to hospital, tests revealed she had a bleed in her brain She was told she would never walk again and was devastated Unluckily, she suffered another attack a year to the day after the first After intense rehabilitation she made a full recovery She can now go to work, play hockey and ran a 10k race About a quarter of strokes occur in people under 65 years old in the UK
By Madlen Davies for MailOnline
Published: 06:34 EST, 11 September 2014 | Updated: 07:53 EST, 11 September 2014
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A young woman suffered two strokes and was left partially paralysed before turning 22 - the second attack coming a year to the day after the first.
Lauren Bradfield mistook the signs of the first deadly brain bleed, a blinding headache and dizziness, for a hangover.
At the age of just 20, she was left paralysed down her left side, from her neck to her feet and told by doctors she may never walk again.
After three months in hospital and intensive treatment, in September last year - a year to the day after Miss Bradfield suffered her first stroke - she collapsed the victim of a second at the age of 21.
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Lauren Bradfield, 20, mistook her stroke for a hangover