Incredible: He spun his head so fast that an artery in his neck was cut and caused three strokes

a man inside Missouriin the United States, he turned his head so quickly and sharply that he ruptured an artery in his neckwhich caused him three cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs).

The strange incident happened when Joel Hentrich was watching a game of pickle ball -a paddle sport that combines elements of badminton, table tennis and tennis- and he quickly turned his head to follow the ball.

As Hentrich, who is 35 and from a town called Festus, later recounted, he felt and heard a loud blow on the back of his head and immediately began experiencing symptoms he had never experienced before.

Of course, at that moment the man, who was in perfect physical and health condition, did not suspect that that rapid movement of the head had triggered a series of wounds whichand they would let him fight for his life.

Moments after that violent blow to the neck, Hentrich he experienced the worst vertigo of his life, and a couple of minutes later, his friends were helping him up because he couldn’t walk on his own.

“The ground came out from under me, and ended with extreme nausea and violent vomiting. I had a tingling sensation on the left side of my face, hand and part of my leg,” he said SWNS.

Hentrich was rushed to the local hospital, where he was initially held they put him in the waiting room, with 50-60 other people. The first person who approached him was a nurse who told him to wait.

Fortunately Hentrich, who is a registered nurse, was able to explain his situation to a second nurse who immediately activated the protocol for the suspected stroke victims.

A few minutes later, they took him to perform a CT scan and then an MRI.

With the results of the studies, the doctors explained to the man that somehow he had severed his arterywhich had caused three strokes in the lower part of the cerebellum, the part of the brain responsible for coordination and movement.

The news obviously shocked the patientwho, as a healthy, active man in his thirties, did not expect to hear such a verdict.

“If that second nurse hadn’t taken me seriously and left me waiting, I have no doubt that, at least, would have some kind of permanent disabilityin terms of balance and coordination,” he said.

And undoubtedly that decision saved him. Two days after being hospitalized, Hentrich He was able to walk on his own again. without any worrying symptoms.

Since he is fully healed and considers himself extremely lucky for it.

It’s unclear what caused the artery to rupture, as she says she’s turned her head millions of times before, but she recalls feeling a sensation like a pinched nerve in her neck.or one week before the accident.