She was put on a feeding tube so doctors could provide her with proper nutrition.

A Texas woman nearly died after receiving Botox injections to treat migraines. The woman, in her thirties, said the injection left her partially paralyzed and suffocating on her saliva. Alicia Hallock shared her harrowing experience on Instagram, claiming the famous muscle-freezing drug was originally intended to relieve her migraines, The Washington Post reported. people magazine.

“I ended up developing rare complications,” the mother of three wrote on social media. She said the complications spread to the muscles and neck and caused “many problems” including “neck paralysis, drooping eyelids, blurred vision, dizziness and difficulty speaking”. The woman added that her neck muscles were paralyzed and she was unable to lift her head. The problem is made worse by dysphagia (a condition that makes it difficult to swallow and can lead to choking on saliva) and botulism (a dangerous disease that damages nerves in the body).

Ms Hallock said: “They moved me to intensive care for constant monitoring and they put six tubes down my throat to drain all the mucus that was stuck in my lungs and throat.” She also had a feeding tube inserted , so doctors can provide her with proper nutrition.

The patient updated her followers about her health condition while in the hospital. In one of the videos, she said she felt more “terrified and frightened” than ever when she took off her neck brace to show she was having difficulty holding her neck alone. “I know this seems a little scary and daunting, and I’m sure none of you expected this to be my reality, even with what I’ve shared here so far. So, I apologize. But, this is who I am place” “I’m in right now. I just wanted to show you guys that I’m shaking my head and let everyone know that I’m fighting and I’m doing great right now,” she added.

Ms Hallock was discharged from hospital 18 days later and is currently recovering at home. “I could be dead,” she wrote in a post last week. “There were so many sobering moments that made me realize how lucky I was to have help when it was time for me to die.” The author added that her The condition can take “a few weeks to go away” before you can see, eat, drink and move normally again.

She explained: “People do have complications from Botox and even experience some or all of the symptoms I had. However, a large number of symptoms as severe or as severe as mine is extremely rare. So the hospital is doing a case study Me and this weird situation we’ve been going through.”

The woman also had Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects connective tissue, including the skin, joints and blood vessel walls, according to the Mayo Clinic. It’s unclear whether this will affect how her body responds to Botox injections.