A YOUNG bride-to-be woke up from a coma with no memory of her past life after she contracted a brain infection. Fran Geall, 25, felt like "an entirely different person", unable to recognise her friends and family, as a result of an auto-immune condition encephalitis. The marine biologist, from Falmouth, Cornwall, has also lost all memory of her university degrees which cost her a total of £50,000. Fran told Plymouth Live she can no longer recognise her niece or the family of her fiance, 29-year-old Stacey Tonkins. She said: "With people I'm told I've known for years, it can be like meeting them for the first time, which is really sad. "I also feel like I'm meeting myself again, because I have absolutely no idea who I was before all this was." In March this year Fran began suffering terrible migraines that left her bed-bound. One morning she began having a seizure in bed and Stacey had to call an ambulance to take her to Ashford Hospital, Kent, where she was put into an induced … [Read more...] about Young bride-to-be wakes up from coma with entire memory wiped after devastating brain infection
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Bride claims brain infection wiped memory, changed personality
Fran Geall, pictured with her fiance Stacey, had her memory wiped by a rare brain infection. (PA Real Life) A brilliant marine biologist has told how she woke up an "entirely different person" with no memory of her previous life because of a rare condition that causes the body to attack its own brain cells. Fran Geall, 25, from Falmouth, Cornwall, who has a masters degree, was struck down with the auto-immune condition encephalitis, which wiped all recollection of her £50,000 (approx. $66,000) five- year university education. As well as forgetting her time in academia, Geall said she no longer knew some of her closest relatives and friends - including her niece and her partner's family, explaining: "With people I'm told I've known for years, it can be like meeting them for the first time, which is really sad. I also feel like I'm meeting myself again, because I have absolutely no idea who I was before all this was." "People say there's a new Fran, that I'm a … [Read more...] about Bride claims brain infection wiped memory, changed personality
A type of fungus uses a surprising method to talk to each other to infect you better
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 by: Zoey Sky Tags: badhealth, biomedical research, cryptococcomas, Cryptococcus gattii, eucalyptus trees, extracellular vesicles, fungal disease, fungal infections, fungal virulence, fungus, immune system, infections, Oregon, vesicles, weak immune system (Natural News) Sometimes, real life is a lot stranger than science fiction – and it’s even scarier. Take, for instance, Cryptococcus gattii – a fungus that lives in soil and is typically found in tropical and subtropical regions. However, anything pleasant about the fungus stops there, as a study in Nature Communications revealed that it can “communicate” with each other to infect more people effectively. Researchers involved in the study said that C. gattii can “[join] forces inside your body to wreak havoc and cause disease.” They noted that the fungal cells take advantage of an unexpected method to “talk” to each other. … [Read more...] about A type of fungus uses a surprising method to talk to each other to infect you better
MIT study says that thanks to Roundup, our brains don’t heal as fast as they used to
Monday, May 14, 2018 by: Isabelle Z. Tags: b vitamins, badfood, badhealth, badmedicine, badpollution, blood brain barrier, Brain, brain health, Brain Injury, cancer causes, concussion, dangerous chemicals, DHA, diminished resilience, Diminshed Brain Resilience Syndrome, environment, food science, glyphosate, gut health, Magnesium, mind body science, natural remedies, neurological damage, neuroplasticity, nutrient synthesis, nutrition, omega 3, organic produce, poison, prevent disease, Roundup, spirulina, toxins, traumatic brain injury, traumatic injury, vitamin D (Natural News) If it seems like you’ve been hearing more about traumatic brain injury in the news lately, it’s because this type of injury is on the rise, and experts believe this is because the popular weed killer Roundup is causing brains to be less resilient than they used to be. Every year in the U.S., there are as many as 3.8 million concussions in sports, so it’s no wonder that 89 percent of … [Read more...] about MIT study says that thanks to Roundup, our brains don’t heal as fast as they used to
2 New Cases of Brain-Infecting Parasite Include Child Visiting Hawaii From New York, Health Officials Say
An adolescent from New York is one of two new cases of rat lungworm infections, a disease caused by a brain-infecting parasite, in Hawaii, health officials in that state confirm. Health officials said Wednesday the adolescent was visiting the Big Island in January, though didn't identify the child or say where the child lives in New York. The adolescent was hospitalized a month after returning to New York. There was no immediate word on the adolescent's condition Thursday. The other case is a Maui resident. Officials said the Maui resident became ill in mid-February and was briefly hospitalized. The individual was most likely infected on Maui but had a history of traveling to Oahu and the Big Island during the time when the infection might have occurred. These Countries Have the Highest Threat Levels for Traveling The two confirmed cases bring the state's count up to three for 2018. The first case involved an adult West Hawaii resident. Rat lungworm disease is caused by a … [Read more...] about 2 New Cases of Brain-Infecting Parasite Include Child Visiting Hawaii From New York, Health Officials Say