Frankie Muniz suffered a second mini-stroke Monday, nearly one year after his first scare.
“Almost a year to the day, I experienced another mini stroke,” Muniz wrote on Twitter . “Hopefully that will be the last. Miserable.”
The 27-year-old was hospitalized last November after suffering a transient ischemic attack (TIA), which occurs when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or reduced, often due to a blood clot. It is often called a mini-stroke because the symptoms are similar to those of an actual stroke, but don’t last as long. However, it is often characterized as a “warning stroke” and about a third of people who suffer from a TIA go on to have a stroke within a year.
“I couldn’t say words,” the former Malcolm in the Middle star said on Good Morning America last year. “I thought I was saying them! My fiancee was looking at me like I was speaking a foreign language.”
Muniz also told People after the first mini-stroke that he felt like he was “getting stabbed in the head — the worst headache you could ever think of.” He also said his vision began to blur , and he “pretty much had no vision” in his right eye.
Muniz, who turns 28 on December 5, said he lives a healthy lifestyle, and that he felt “a lot less invincible” after the episode.
A decade ago, Frankie Muniz was considered “one of Hollywood’s most bankable teens.” In addition to Malcolm in the Middle , the New Jersey native starred in Agent Cody Banks and its sequel and provided the voice of Chester McBadBat on The Fairly Oddparents . Muniz also made cameo appearances on Lizzie McGuire and Arrested Development . He recently appeared on Last Man Standing and Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23 .
Muniz joined Kingsfoil as a drummer last year. He became engaged to longtime girlfriend Elycia Marie Turnbow in October 2011.
We here at The Inquisitr wish Frankie Muniz a speedy recovery.
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