The man who was saved from Paralysis thanks to Twitter diagnosis

A businessman saved himself from permanent paralysis after getting his rare medical condition diagnosed – on Twitter. Website designer Patrick Johnson, 26, woke up to discover that half his face had gone numb and was drooping. But immediately tweeted his symptoms – and moments later received a message back identifying his condition. Marj Beattie, who runs an online secretarial business in Scotland, correctly diagnosed Bell's palsy. She urged Patrick to get to the hospital quickly and within 40 minutes he was being treated for the condition – saving his face from long term damage. Patrick noticed his face was drooping when he looked in the mirror at his home. He then tweeted to his 347 followers: "I feel like I've had a stroke. Half of my face doesn't work properly." Marj then replied: "If you are truly serious, get to the doc – Bell's palsy facial symptoms mimic a stroke.” (Source | Via)