A young Scots mum was diagnosed with a rare lung condition after being left so breathless she was unable to carry her newborn daughter.
29.01.2022 - 19:29 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A young Scots mum has been given a life-changing MS diagnosis after believing she had just trapped a nerve.
Shannon Turnball, 25, began experiencing bizarre symptoms - including tingling and changes to her eyesight - around the beginning of January.
She knew something was wrong when the left side of her body went numb but it wasn't until she was rushed to A&E on Monday, January 24, that the true cause was established.
An MRI and multiple tests revealed she had Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord and cause issues with vision, arm or leg movements, sensation and balance.
The mum, from Edinburgh, was left shocked after initially putting her symptoms down to a trapped nerve, reports Edinburgh Live.
She said: "Around three and a bit weeks now I started to develop what I could only describe as sensitivity on my skin on my back on the lower left side.
"To touch it hurt, to even have my clothes on it would hurt, even the temperature affected this. I thought maybe I’d pulled a muscle, I’m sure it’ll sort itself out.
"As the days went on it got worse, it was rapidly spreading to my tummy. I still didn’t think much of it and was waiting for it to just disappear. I started to develop extreme numbness on the affected areas and as more days went by it was spreading down my leg."
Shannon spent 72 hours in hospital after losing all function in her left leg before she was given her diagnosis.
She is now coming to terms with living with the condition - which has no cure.
Shannon continued: "By Monday just gone, my lower left back, tummy and thigh were completely numb. I felt as if I’d had an epidural!
"I visited my doctor and got some blood tests and referred to a neurologist for an appointment in a
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