Prue Leith, 86, Was Hospitalized After Migraine Mimicked Stroke Symptoms

3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Aug 12

Prue Leith said a recent migraine attack in Yorkshire left her unable to speak coherently, prompting emergency treatment after her husband feared she was having a stroke.
John Playfair called her doctor when Leith's words became "an incomprehensible jumble"; despite no facial drooping and normal arm checks, an ambulance took her to hospital.
A doctor examined Leith after a six-hour wait and ordered a precautionary CT scan, though she had regained coherent speech by then and believed it was a migraine throughout.
Leith, who has had migraines since age 9, said speech disruption also marked her first attack and that she now tries to blunt episodes with paracetamol, ibuprofen and sumatriptan.
The account appears in the September issue of The Oldie and comes months after Leith announced in January that she was leaving The Great British Baking Show.