A young woman shares her journey with an illness called Brain on Fire disease and her experience living with it.
"So, for many of the females, especially after puberty, they can develop what's called an ovarian dermoid cyst or an ovarian teratoma," Dr. Clardy adds.
Within four days, Katie was catatonic and needed a ventilator to breathe. There is no single approved treatment. That's why a five-year, nationwide clinical trial is testing whether a drug called Inebilizumab will stop the assault on the brain. Up to 50% of patients can suffer long-term consequences, especially cognitive and mood symptoms. Recovery is also often slow - over months to years - and patients require prolonged hospital stays. The extinguished trial is enrolling at 26 sites all across the United States, and in Barcelona and the Netherlands.
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