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Mom Gives Birth, Suffers Near-Fatal Stroke Hours Later Due to Undetected Heart Defect: ‘Ticking Time Bomb’
California native Christina Aleksanian is lucky to be alive after she had a stroke hours after giving birth to her third daughter and was rushed to the operating room where doctors removed a blood clot from her brain. Doctors said the blood clot happened as a result of a previously undetected congenital heart defect.
Aleksanian said she remembered getting a migraine and feeling her hand go numb as she spoke to her newborn child’s pediatrician before it all happened. He told the outlet that a blood clot formed in the area while she was giving birth and moved through the hole, causing a stroke. Marwah shared that this had been a rarity as Aleksanian previously gave birth twice with no issues, though women needed to be aware that pregnancies do increase the risk of stroke.
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