A 16-year old boy who was undergoing a brain surgery hummed his favorite tune on the hospital bed even as the doctors split open his skull for the surgery.
Arvind Mohan Kumar had been admitted to the NIMHANS hospital to undergo a surgery for treating his epilepsy.
Epilepsy
Fits or convulsions or Epilepsy is characterized by recurrent, involuntary seizures and is described as a chronic neurological disorder
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Even as the doctors drilled through his skull in order to treat his epilepsy but without affecting his exceptional musical cognition, he was awake and humming a tune as the doctors had made use of only a local anesthesia.
The doctors performed the unusual surgery, which lasted for six hours, where in they made the patient listen to music and sing with the tune in order to make sure that they removed just the point that was causing the seizures and keep the part responsible for musical perception intact.
Source: Medindia
Source: Medindia
Neurocysticercosis
Neurocysticercosis or Cysticercosis of brain is the most common cause of epilepsy and the most common parasitic infection of the brain. Neurocysticercosis is more common in the developing countries.
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 ConvulsionsSeizure or a convulsion is a result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. If there are two or more unprovoked seizures at an interval of at least 24 hours, it is referred to as epilepsy. | Advertisement
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