I almost lost my life yawning...Like an electric shock, my whole body aches
Nov 10, 2025
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Hayley Black, 36, of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, woke up at 5 a.m. to heat her baby daughter Amelia up, according to foreign media including The Standard.
As soon as she saw the baby yawning and therefore yawned casually, she felt an electric shock-like pain all over her body and her arms stopped in the air and did not move. Hayley, who sensed the abnormality, immediately asked her husband Ian for an ambulance and was taken to the hospital.
X-rays of the neck at the hospital confirmed that cervical vertebrae No. 6 and No. 7 were pushed toward the spinal cord.
Haley posted on social media that `"With the force of yawning, the neck bone pressed the spinal nerve. The doctors said it was a really unusual accident. Hayley's mom said at the time that the doctor said "50% chance of survival".
Fortunately, the medical staff were able to prevent permanent paralysis or hypoxia through emergency surgery, but Haley left with permanent nerve damage and tracheostomy scars. After that, he had to learn how to walk again while living in a wheelchair for six months, and now he is suffering from fibromyalgia, a chronic pain disease.
Hayley says "Even now, the pain still spreads to my arms, back, neck, and head. Every time I yawn, I get scared, and I'm still affected if I force myself to endure it.' He added that if you forget to take medicine, you will experience pain such as electric shocks in your spine and head even when you walk simply. She was almost in a wheelchair for the rest of her life"I feel grateful that I can move my body freely at the moment," he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
