19th July 2023

A 60-year-old man is brought into hospital with a right-sided facial droop, right arm weakness and inability to get his words out

A 60-year-old man is brought into hospital with a right-sided facial droop, right arm weakness and inability to get his words out. The symptoms started the previous evening, which he had put down to being tired. However, the symptoms were still present this morning when he woke up, which prompted him to come to hospital. CT head shows no evidence of haemorrhage.

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