Frankie Muniz suffers another mini stroke
Malcolm in the Middle star had first almost exactly a year ago.
Frankie Muniz has revealed that he's suffered a second mini stroke.
The 27-year-old star of 'Malcolm In The Middle' told his fans on Twitter about the stroke, which came almost exactly a year after his first one in 2012.
“Almost a year to the day, I experienced another mini stroke,” he wrote. “Hopefully that will be the last. Miserable.”
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The former child star was alerted to his last stroke came when he suddenly lost vision in one eye while riding his motorbike.
Almost a year to the day, I experienced another mini stroke. Hopefully that will be the last. Miserable.
— Frankie Muniz (@frankiemuniz) November 25, 2013
He told Good Morning America at the time: “I couldn't say words,” he told Good Morning America. 'I thought I was saying them!
“My fiancee was looking at me like I was speaking a foreign language.
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“I can't get a deep breath in. I'm still trying to make sense of it, but happy I'm alive.”
Fewer than 10 per cent of men under 45 suffer mini strokes, also known as a transient ischemic attack.
Muniz took a sabbatical from acting in 2008 to pursue a career as a racing driver.
He's also a drummer in the band Kingsfoil.