Dave Parkyn, pictured with mother Jackie, is blind in his right eye and partially sighted in his left (Picture: Stroke Association/ SWNS) A carpenter suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, ...

A carpenter ended up in a coma in intensive care after a splinter in his hand made him seriously ill. Dave Parkyn, 30, suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, sepsis and pneumonia after a wood ...

TO MANY OF US, GETTING A SPLINTER IN YOUR HAND THAT YOU JUST CAN’T GET OUT. YEAH, KIND OF ANNOYING, RIGHT? THE MAN HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HIM. ONLY THE SPLINTER WAS SO BIG HIS HAND GOT SO INFECTED HE ...

A 28-year-old man had his whole life "devastated" by a splinter in his hand. Dave Parkyn suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, sepsis and pneumonia after a wood splinter in his hand got ...