Woman's Video 'Selfie' Helped Catch Early Signs of a Stroke

"Selfies" may seem narcissistic, but for one woman who recognized her early signs of a stroke, documenting the health issue helped save her life.

Forty-nine-year-old Stacey Yepes from Toronto said she felt awkward sensations in her face for the third time in three days when she decided to take a video. The short clips of film revealed that Yepes was suffering from the signs of a stroke.

"The sensation is happening again," Yepes said, according to CNN . "It's all tingling on left side. I don't know why this is happening to me."

At one point while driving, Yepes said she pulled over to start videotaping the movements in her face. She soon after showed the footage to doctors at Toronto Western Hospital where they diagnosed the coverage as signs of transient ischemic attacks, also known as mini strokes that are typically a result of plaque buildup in the arteries.

Prior to the stroke, Yepes said she had hit her local hospital's emergency room to complain about numbness and tingling throughout her face as well as slurred speech. However, after a series of stroke tests, doctors said they found no determinants pointing to stroke and wrote off Yepes symptoms as a sign of stress.

Following the diagnosis of her stroke, she was prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs and blood thinners. Though she has not reportedly suffered from and further attacks, health officials express the importance of seeking help if stroke symptoms are evident.

To find out more about Stacey's video, watch it here, courtesy of YouTube.