A boy from England is the first person in history to test a fresh skull-mounted device to control seizures, according to the UK media on Monday. The neurostimulator, which sends electrical impulses deep into head, has cut Oran Knowlson’s morning seizures by 80 %.
Oran was three when he developed Lennox-Gaitaut disorder, a treatment-resistant type of seizure. Since then he has suffered daily spasms ranging from two hundred to thousands, BBC reported. His family Justine told BBC Oran had a range of diverse seizures, including those where he fell to the ground, shook violently, and lost consciousness. She claimed that he occasionally stopped breathing and needed disaster medical attention to revive.
The procedure, which lasted some eight days, took place in Oct 2023. When Oran, who is now 13 years old, was 12 years old, it was a part of a test at Great Ormond Street Hospital. It was in collaboration with University College London, King’s College Hospital and Oxford University.
Atypical electronic bursts in the mental cause seizures in epilepsy. The gadget, which emits a continual pulse of present, aims to prevent or disrupt irregular signals. Justine claimed to be happier and of “much better quality of life” when he spoke to the BBC. ” He’s a lot more talkative, more engaged. I certainly now have a teen- he’s happy to tell me no”, she said. His nighttime seizures have now become” shorter and less serious.”
For youth seizures, deep brain stimulation has previously been tried, but until recently neurostimulators were placed in the neck with wires running up the brain.
