Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt announced Monday that she is recovering in outpatient care pursuing a healthcare facility take a look at for a sudden healthcare scare.

Britt, 41, said she was expending time with her relatives in Montgomery, Alabama, more than the weekend when she knowledgeable a "sudden onset of numbness" in her experience. 

"Though with my relatives in Montgomery this previous weekend, I seasoned a unexpected onset of numbness in my confront. I was admitted to Baptist Medical Centre South for evaluation," she said in a assertion.

The to start with-expression senator stated medical practitioners decided that her signs and symptoms had been "a end result of inflammation of a facial nerve, most probably caused by a post-viral infection," she claimed in a statement.

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Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt said she is recovering in outpatient care following a clinical scare. (Getty Pictures)

A professional from the College of Alabama at Birmingham evaluated her in outpatient treatment and agreed with the prognosis and training course of cure. 

"My affliction is not life-threatening, and recovery could consider numerous weeks," Britt reported in her statement. "I am grateful for the health-related gurus supplying great care, and my loved ones and I are deeply grateful for your prayers."

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Sen. Katie Britt claimed she was spending time with her loved ones in Montgomery, Alabama, around the weekend when she experienced a "unexpected onset of numbness" in her face. (Getty Images)

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The health and fitness scare came shortly immediately after U.S. lawmakers still left Washington for its thirty day period-extensive legislative recess. Congress is not predicted to return to the nation's funds until right after Labor Working day.

The Alabama senator is serving in her 1st expression in office following profitable her election in November. She is the to start with woman to be elected to the Senate to signify Alabama and the youngest Republican female ever elected to the Higher Chamber.