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| Megan Stewart |
Combing is a daily job for every woman. But, it does not apply to Megan Stewart. Scottish girl could die if she combing her hair. She also threatened to die if she touching the balloon.
Megan Stewart is suffering from a rare disease, which is called Brushing Hair Syndrome.
The disease is known by her mother as she was preparing her to face her first day at primary school.
Megan's mother, Sharon, told how she found her daughter sick. She was combing her daughter's hair in the living room when suddenly the girl fell and her lips turned blue. "I thought she was having a heart attack all of a sudden, as never experienced before, so we called the paramedics," said the 41-year-old mother. Megan was rushed to the hospital.
Megan later revealed that "allergy" static electricity. If there is static electricity in the body, because the activity of hair comb or touch the balloon, would appear fatal reactions. Doctors at Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow, said the syndrome such as this are very rare. They only ever heard of one other case of this syndrome.
Megan was born with a weight of just 1.05 pounds and as big as a man's palm. She suffered a diaphragmatic hernia or a hole in the diaphragm. This means that the stomach moves up into the chest, which only allows room for the lungs to grow.
Strange conditions that led to the current Megan should avoid static electricity in their daily lives. "When we comb her hair, we must laid her down and covered her head with water to stop the static electricity developed. She can not rub balloons on her head at parties. "
Mrs Stewart has had a difficult pregnancy and her gestational age into the age of 6 months, she diagnosed "pre-eclampsia". She was forced to undergo an emergency caesarean section to save her daughter.
Thanks to the skill of the doctors at Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Lanarkshire, Mrs Stewart could recover. But little Megan spent the next 18 months in Yorkhill Hospital.
Megan also suffers from asthma and a condition called dorsal stream dysfunction, which makes it difficult to see fast-moving objects, like a ball.
Even so, life is still normal.
Megan is now awaiting surgery and plans to follow the activities of a charity fundraiser for Yorkhill on October 8. "She was really brave against all odds.
She is a little miracle, "said his mother.
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