A man labeled "brain dead" has become the first ever to recover from an extreme form of locked-in syndrome - after he heard ...

Doctors believed he was having stroke-like symptoms, so he was admitted and given ... Courtesy of Jake Haendel, Ahoi Jake ...

Locked-in syndrome can be caused by brain trauma, infection, or exposure to toxins, and results in slow, complete paralysis.

Her husband thought she was unconscious, but she was awake and aware of everything going on -a condition called locked-in syndrome. She suspected she was having a stroke, but said she wasn't ...

“A stroke?” I remember thinking. I couldn’t have had a stroke; that only happens to older people, or smokers, or people who ...

A man left totally paralysed after developing locked-in syndrome has written a 50,000-word book using just his eyes. Howard Wicks, from Dartmouth in Devon, effectively became trapped in his body ...

Several specific conditions and situations can damage your pons, causing locked-in syndrome. The most common cause is ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. Other less common causes of damage to your ...

Mr Wicks said the novel recounted the first four years of his life after the stroke. LISTEN: Howards Wicks tells his story to BBC Radio Devon Mr Wicks said locked-in syndrome made every physical ...

A man who claims to be one of the only people to have survived locked-in syndrome has shared his terrifying story - recalling being aware of everything happening around him but not being able to ...

A woman from Co Derry has opened up on her experience of having a stroke and developing Locked-in Syndrome aged just 35. Before her stroke in April 2015, Clodagh Dunlop had travelled the world, and ...