Justine Ezarik, additionally recognized to followers on YouTube as iJustine, is opening up about her expertise with a essential well being situation.
 
This previous March, the 38-year-old’s arm went numb, swelled up and turned purple, main her to hunt remedy. “I could not even flex my arm as a result of my bicep was so large that it regarded like I used to be so shredded from the gymnasium — however it was simply swollen,” she instructed At present in an article revealed Aug. 26. “I went to [an emergency clinic] and a nurse checked out it. She’s like, ‘We’re not geared up to deal with that.'”
 
She added, “I went from [being] completely superb to virtually [dying] in the midst of a couple of hours.”
 
After Ezarik was admitted to the hospital, the Pittsburgh native discovered she had deep vein thrombosis, and there was a blood clot in her arm. She was prescribed excessive doses of blood thinners however was later transferred to a different hospital higher geared up to deal with the clot. There, Ezarik underwent a thrombectomy, which concerned utilizing a catheter to interrupt up the clot so it would not transfer to her coronary heart or mind.