Lorina Gutierrez din New Mexico a suferit de convulsii, halucinații și paranoia mai bine de două luni. Ea a fost internată într-o clinică de psihiatrie după ce a început să delireze și a devenit violentă.
În primă fază, doctorii l-au întrebat pe Stephen Gutierrez dacă soția lui a consumat droguri sau alcool, sugerând că femeia ar fi avut o cădere nervoasă sau depresie, potrivit foxnews.com.
După ce Lorina nu mai putea merge, mânca sau vorbi, nerăspunzând nici la tratamentul psihiatric, medicii au decis să o transfere la Presbyterian Hospital pentru a-i face câteva teste.
Astfel, medicii au descoperit că femeia avea un chist ovarian care i-a declanșat o boală autoimună în creier. Encefalita autoimună cu anticorpi anti NMDA afectează creierul.
Boala avansează progresiv, începând cu fenomene de psihoză, tulburări de memorie, crize convulsive, tulburări de vorbire, până la stare comatoasă cu fenomene catatonice, la care se asociază frecvent mișcări anormale, involuntare, tulburări de sistem nervos vegetativ și tulburări respiratorii.
Lorina a trecut printr-un tratament de steroizi și plasmefereză în încercarea de a-și curăța corpul de anticorpii care îi atacau atât tumora, cât și creierul. Totodată, femeia a făcut o perioadă timp de trei luni terapie logopedică, ocupațională și fizică pentru a-și recăpăta funcțiile.
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