A resident of Great Britain, who came out of a coma, forgot 20 years of her life, mistook her relatives for the kidnappers and assured the doctors that it was 1998. It is reported by Metro.
On February 12, 2018, Stevie Carter, a 36-year-old resident of the English county of Norfolk, was driving to work with her roommate. Suddenly the woman felt a stabbing pain in her head. “I started screaming because the pain was unbearable,” admitted Carter.
The driver immediately turned the car around and drove the woman home. He helped her to the door, but Carter collapsed at the door and passed out. Arriving at the call, ambulances took her to the neurology department of a local hospital. Brain imaging showed that the patient was born with a rare pathology – arteriovenous malformation, which led to a stroke and cerebral hemorrhage.
Due to the extremely serious condition of Carter, doctors were forced to carry out an emergency operation on her brain and put her into an artificial coma. Doctors told the patient's family that her chances of survival were about two percent.
Two weeks later, the woman woke up, but she could not remember her relatives and was sure that she woke up in 1998. Carter said she was kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years. “I didn't understand where I was and what was happening. The disease also paralyzed the right side of my body, so I needed a long course of recovery, ”said Carter.
A few weeks after the operation, the memory of the British woman began to return. Three months of intensive physical activity in the rehabilitation center helped her to almost completely restore her motor functions. However, Carter still complains of constant weakness and memory problems until she was able to return to work. Despite this, she is grateful to the team of doctors and relatives for their support during her illness.
Earlier it was reported about a US resident who gave birth to a healthy daughter in a coma. The woman was immersed in an artificial coma during treatment for a new coronavirus infection.
