FORMER Coronation Street star Chris Fountain has revealed he suffered a mini stroke that left him "speaking like a toddler".
The actor, 35, was terrified when he woke up one morning in August unable to speak properly. He spent five days in The Royal London Hospital where doctors diagnosed a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) after finding a blood clot in his brain.
Chris told the Mirror: “The doctors said they saw some damage to the lefthand side of my brain which is where your cognitive abilities are controlled from. “What’s scary is if I hadn’t have called 111 when I did and got to hospital so quickly I don’t know if that clot could have travelled to the wrong place in my brain, I could have died. “That clot was like a ticking bomb in my head.” Read More on The SunMAMMA MIA!
I'm a mum-of-12 & made a VERY controversial birthday dinner for my kidsall grown up Tracy Beaker's Louise star looks totally unrecognisable 20 years after debut Chris's blood clot was caused by an undiagnosed hole in his heart, which will require a small operation to repair The hole provided an opening for the clot to pass from his heart up to his bran.
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