22-year-old diagnosed with life-threatening condition after her symptoms were dismissed as heatstroke

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A young woman has told of her shock after she was diagnosed with a life-threatening condition days after foreign doctors dismissed her symptoms as heatstroke.

Moli Morgan had been enjoying a week-long break with her boyfriend Ollie Higgins in Antalya, Turkey, when she suddenly suffered two seizures the night before she was set to fly back to the UK.

The 22-year-old said that she had 'felt absolutely fine' beforehand, and explained that there 'were no warning signs for what was about to come' before she began fitting in the early hours.

Her partner of six years alerted hotel staff, who sent the on-site doctor to check her over - and according to Moli, he reckoned she was simply suffering from heatstroke due to the high temperatures.

Symptoms of heatstroke include hot skin, a very high temperature, a fast heartbeat, fast breathing or shortness of breath, confusion and lack of coordination, a seizure or fit and loss of consciousness, the NHS explains.

"It was hot but not unbearable, around 28-30C," Moli said of her time in Turkey. "I'd had trouble sleeping, but felt OK apart from that.

"Then I suffered a seizure at around 1am in the morning, followed by a second one about 20 minutes later.

Moli Morgan suffered two seizures the night before she flew home from Turkey (SWNS)

"We had been in the sun all day and I hadn't drank much water, so I sort of thought nothing more of it and that is was probably just heatstroke, and we flew home the next evening."

The farmer, from Powys, Wales, explained that after informing her family about what had happened, her sister, who is a nurse, urged her to get the once-over by a doctor just to 'be on the safe side'.

Moli went to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, where she underwent a CT and MRI scan - the results of which came back on the same day.

"They had found I had a 4cm brain tumour on the left side and I just couldn't believe it, as I had no other real symptoms and felt completely fine," she said.

"I do get a couple of migraines a year, but obviously that can be normal. It just came as such a massive shock.

"You just sort of try and deal with it. I think my parents and sisters were more worried. I stayed in hospital for 4-5 days having anti-seizure tablets before I was allowed home."

She was initially told she was likely suffering from heatstroke due to the high temperatures on holiday (SWNS)

Moli was then transferred to a specialist neurology centre at Royal Stoke University Hospital, where it was decided that the growth would be removed during an awake craniotomy.

"My surgeon explained that the procedure I needed would involve me being awake," the 22-year-old continued. "I didn't even really think about it, I just thought 'do whatever you need to do'."

During the four-hour operation, Moli had to repeat words in both Welsh and English - while a translator, Ben, was present - to ensure medics didn't impact her ability to speak her first language, which is Welsh.

Speaking of the surgery, she said: "There was a couple of times I didn't get it right, so they knew that was the part affecting my language and not to interfere there.

"It's mind-blowing what they can do, really. I remember parts of it but the operation was around four hours and I don't remember it all.

"I had around 28 staples in my head and stayed in for a couple of days before I was allowed to go home. Then I had a follow-up scan which found the tumour was benign and non-cancerous, which was obviously great news.

Thankfully, the brain tumour was removed during a four-hour surgery in December last year (SWNS)

"I've had two follow-up MRI scans and after my next one they will start doing them every six months, so I'm still being monitored but everything has been positive since."

Since the operation on 9 December last year, Moli says she is now 'back to normal' and is back working on the family farm, while doctors have described her recovery as 'incredible'.

Reflecting on her health scare, she said: "You expect the worst when you're told you have a brain tumour. I had no real warning signs before or during the holiday, I had never suffered any symptoms before.

"I have only ever had a migraine but didn’t think anything of it at the time. Everything seemed to happen quickly."

Symptoms of a brain tumour vary depending on the exact part of the brain affected, according to the NHS.

Common symptoms include headaches, seizures, persistently feeling sick, vomiting and drowsiness, mental or behavioural changes - such as memory problems or changes in personality - progressive weakness or paralysis on one side of the body, and vision or speech problems.

Make sure you get yourself checked out by a health professional if you ever encounter any of these symptoms, just to be on the safe side, like Moli did.