Current:Home > NewsA news anchor showed signs of a stroke on air, but her colleagues caught them early-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
A news anchor showed signs of a stroke on air, but her colleagues caught them early
View Date:2024-12-24 09:21:42
An Oklahoma news anchor is recovering after she began showing signs of a stroke while on air Saturday morning.
Julie Chin, of the NBC affiliate news station KJRH, said she first began losing vision in part of her eye, then her hand and arm went numb. Then, while she was doing a segment on NASA's delayed Artemis launch, she began having difficulty reading the teleprompter.
"If you were watching Saturday morning, you know how desperately I tried to steer the show forward, but the words just wouldn't come," she posted on Facebook.
Chin said she felt fine earlier in the day, and "the episode seemed to have come out of nowhere."
She spent the days following the incident in the hospital, where doctors said she was experiencing early signs of a stroke. While Chin said she is doing fine now, the doctors will have to do more following up.
"I'm thankful for the emergency responders and medical professionals who have shared their expertise, hearts, and smiles with me. My family, friends, and KJRH family have also covered me in love and covered my shifts."
How to recognize signs of a stroke
The medical community uses the BE FAST acronym to educate people on catching signs of a stroke:
- Balance: Is the person having a hard time staying balanced or coordinated?
- Eyes: Is the person experiencing blurry vision, double vision or loss of vision in one or both of their eyes?
- Face: Is one side of the person's face drooping? Test this by asking them to smile.
- Arms: Are they experiencing numbness or weakness in their arms? Ask them to raise their arms.
- Speech: Is the person's speech slurred? Are you having a hard time understanding them? Have them try to repeat a simple sentence.
- Time to call for help: If the person is exhibiting one, or a combination of the above signs, call 911 and get them to the nearest hospital as soon as possible.
Other signs of a stroke may include numbness or weakness in other parts of the body, sudden confusion or severe headaches.
How common are strokes?
More than 795,000 Americans have a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 77% of them happen to people who have never had one before.
It is a leading cause of death and disability among Americans, with more cases concentrated in the Southeast.
But the rates of death from strokes have decreased over the past few decades. And while the risk of stroke increases with age, they can happen at any time – 38% of stroke patients in 2020 were under age 65, the CDC says.
veryGood! (36)
Related
- Full House's John Stamos Shares Message to Costar Dave Coulier Amid Cancer Battle
- What to know about the latest bird flu outbreak in the US
- Judge finds last 4 of 11 anti-abortion activists guilty in a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade
- Caitlin Clark picks up second straight national player of the year award
- Bitcoin has topped $87,000 for a new record high. What to know about crypto’s post-election rally
- Avalanche kills American teenager and 2 other people near Swiss resort
- Lawsuit challenges $1 billion in federal funding to sustain California’s last nuclear power plant
- Two brothers plead guilty to insider trading charges related to taking Trump Media public
- Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the election
- Lawsuit challenges $1 billion in federal funding to sustain California’s last nuclear power plant
Ranking
- Vikings' Camryn Bynum celebrates game-winning interception with Raygun dance
- LSU star Angel Reese declares for WNBA draft
- LSU star Angel Reese declares for WNBA draft
- Olivia Colman finds cursing 'so helpful,' but her kids can't swear until they're 18
- The boy was found in a ditch in Wisconsin in 1959. He was identified 65 years later.
- Trump Media sues Truth Social founders Andrew Litinsky, Wes Moss for 'reckless' decisions
- Everything you need to know about how to watch and live stream the 2024 Masters
- As Roe v. Wade fell, teenage girls formed a mock government in ‘Girls State’
Recommendation
-
Jessica Simpson’s Sister Ashlee Simpson Addresses Eric Johnson Breakup Speculation
-
Russia: US shares blame in a concert hall attack claimed by Islamic militants
-
New Jersey’s 3 nuclear power plants seek to extend licenses for another 20 years
-
Jack Smith argues not a single Trump official has claimed he declared any records personal
-
'Gladiator 2' review: Yes, we are entertained again by outrageous sequel
-
Bills to trade star WR Stefon Diggs to Texans in seismic offseason shakeup
-
Lawsuit asks judge to disqualify ballot measure that seeks to repeal Alaska’s ranked voting system
-
Millions still under tornado watches as severe storms batter Midwest, Southeast