In front of the house, Juanjuan (pseudonym) held her baby and her husband and took a family photo. The whole family was smiling and laughing. It is difficult for us to associate them with words like "epilepsy" - but Juanjuan is indeed an epilepsy patient, and an epilepsy patient with only one cerebral hemisphere!
15 years old, Juanjuan unfortunately suffered from epilepsy. suffered endless pain during the 6-year battle with epilepsy. not only suffered from the torture of diseases, but also had to face huge psychological pressure. was excluded because of others' lack of understanding and fear of epilepsy, her life was disrupted, and her studies were suspended... She was originally a youthful and should have been full of expectations for life, but since then, she was entangled by illness.
Epilepsy is not the most terrifying thing. The most serious thing is that Juanjuan is epilepsy seizure caused by atrophy of the right cerebral hemisphere , and the right cerebral hemisphere is basically unfunctional. Fortunately, in , at the age of 21, she finally got control of her epilepsy seizures, and her language expression, movement, and sensory functions were not damaged in only one side of her brain hemisphere.
2020, MRI was tested during the 2-year re-examination after the operation and 2-year response
2022 National Day, we learned from her blessing message to her surgeon, Deputy Director of Kunming Sanbo Brain Hospital and Director of Functional Neurosurgery, Ren Jie, , that Now she not only formed a happy family with the boy she loves, has her own feelings, life and work, but also unlocks a "new identity", successfully giving birth to the crystallization of love with her husband, and has a more unique life experience - becomes a mother!
The content in the picture is a message sent by Juanjuan to Vice President Ren. Can you imagine that a girl with only one side of the brain hemisphere can have such good language expression skills?
Juanjuan's experience is enough to show that epilepsy is actually not terrible. As long as scientific and formal treatment is used, it can also return to society well!
So, She slowly regained the beauty of her life from an out-of-control life and successfully counterattacked. What did she experience? Let’s talk about her story today, and I hope you can find hope in her story!
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5 The flowery girl was discriminated against for epilepsy, and her life was once dull!
According to Juanjuan, in 2013, when she was in junior high school, she had no obvious cause when she was in school. She suddenly had epilepsy seizures, and had seizures, and then had symptoms of numbness on the left arm of . Moreover, every attack was accompanied by and , and the phenomenon of visual ghosting was caused. Each time lasted about 3-4 minutes, and each attack was called to the name before she could wake up. At first, had an attack every half month, and no one thought it was . He didn't expect it to be epilepsy, thinking it was caused by fatigue, so he did not seek medical attention.
As the frequency of seizures increased, the teacher discovered Juanjuan's abnormality and told her parents that she was diagnosed with epilepsy after seeking medical treatment. allowed her to embark on an extraordinary path of life that tenaciously fought epilepsy.
In order to control epilepsy seizures, she had to go to Dali and major hospitals in Kunming, and also tried various "local prescriptions". However, the condition was good or bad, and it was difficult to control the seizures. The school also persuaded Juanjuan to withdraw because she knew that she had epilepsy, which was so "strange disease" that she was afraid of affecting the school and other classmates. The suspension of academic studies, discrimination by people around you, torture of diseases, and treatment costs have also made the originally happy home gradually build up debts. We can only describe the feeling of that moment as "despair and darkness".
What is commendable is . Juanjuan's parents never gave up on the desire for treatment. In the end, it was her parents' insistence that she could face her illness, become stronger and stronger, and find a way to treat it.
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Experts treat the disease correctly and help them recover their health and finally get married and childbirth smoothly!
Perhaps the struggle with epilepsy is long and endless, but who says that the sky for epilepsy patients is only haze?
Just when Juanjuan was 21 years old, she accidentally learned that an epilepsy patient did not have another seizure after treatment at Kunming Sanbo Brain Hospital. So, the family, who had been seeking medical treatment for many years, came to the hospital with the mentality of hope that they would give it a try.
After being admitted to the hospital, Ren Jie, deputy director of Kunming Sanbo Brain Hospital and director of the Department of Functional Neurosurgery, , conducted a detailed understanding and careful analysis of Juanjuan's previous medical history, treatment status, symptom, imaging and examination results. was initially diagnosed as symptomatic epilepsy, , limb movements have been affected, and the fine movements of the upper limb on the left side are poor.
preoperative examination
After comprehensive examinations such as EEG detection, head magnetic resonance (MRI), Wada experiment, etc., the results of EEG indicate that there is epilepsy-like discharge in the brain of , and the right cerebral hemisphere discharge is obvious; MRI results indicate that : right hippocampus is sclerated, and the right cerebral hemisphere atrophy is considered to be possible epilepsy; wada test results indicate that : bilateral limb movement, language, sensory functions are dominated by the left hemisphere, considering that the right cerebral hemisphere is basically unfunctional and is compensated by the left brain.
combined with the examination results, was the vice president of and consulted and evaluated with multidisciplinary experts, and believed that Juanjuan met the indication of cerebral hemisphere cessation. finally formulated a treatment plan for her "right frontotemporal craniotomy peri-cerebral hemisphere cessation surgery".
As the deputy director of the patient introduced : "The patient's right cerebral hemisphere has atrophy and the lesions are clear, but the epilepsy seizures caused by this situation are not obvious in drug treatment, and the seizures are basically unable to control the seizures, so they can only seek surgical operations. Fortunately, after we did the Wada experiment, we found that the patient's right cerebral hemisphere has basically no functions such as movement, language, and sensory, and has been compensated by the left cerebral hemisphere. In this case, it is most suitable to choose severing surgery. Compared with previous hemispherical resections, the patient's right cerebral hemisphere has no functions such as movement, language, and sensory, and has been compensated by the left cerebral hemisphere. There has been a qualitative development. does not need to remove brain tissue. It only needs to completely separate the conduction of various fibers from the right epilepsy foci, so that abnormal brain discharge cannot spread, so that the purpose of controlling epilepsy can be achieved. Moreover, in the long run, the disconnection surgery ensures brain integrity as much as possible and avoids the long-term complications caused by hemispherical resection. ”
On August 3, 2018, the operation was led by the deputy director. With the cooperation of multiple disciplines such as first ward and electrophysiological monitoring, the operation was successfully completed in 4 hours and 55 minutes.
After discharge from the hospital, MRI was
Since the operation, epilepsy has not occurred again. On National Day in 2022, Juanjuan sent a message of thanking Director Ren. In just four years, her life has undergone earth-shaking changes. Not only have she gotten rid of the troubles of epilepsy, but she also gained happiness.
As the vice president, he sighed with emotion: "Among the many epilepsy patients he has cured, Juanjuan is a very special one. A weak girl is extremely strong in the face of the disease. She can have the happiness today and has a heart that dares to fight against the disease. Actively cooperate with doctors to treat it is inseparable from relationships. As an epilepsy doctor, I sincerely admire this little girl. here also reminds everyone that in today's society, epilepsy patients are also interested in the epilepsy. There are many epilepsy patients, even among elites from all walks of life. Even if they have epilepsy, patients still have the opportunity to be cured through formal and scientific treatment. However, this requires the patient and his family to face it together with a strong and optimistic attitude. As long as they do not give up on themselves, miracles can be created! "
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