Dr. Souhel Najjar
by Monica Frazier
1. He gave Susannah the “clock test,” which can identify areas of the brain that weren't functioning. Susannah drawed a clock, she listed all the numbers on the right side, and put the 12 where the six should have been.
2. Dr. Najjar found that Susannah’s inflamed brain was caused by an autoimmune reaction and her body was attacking the brain. Susannah was given a brain biopsy, which confirmed her encephalitis.
3. He treated her aggressively with steroids, antibodies, and plasma exchange.
4. Dr. Souhel Najjar, a doctor from Damascus, Syria. A neuropathologist, who eventually diagnoses Susannah with an autoimmune disorder.
5. He discovered that Susannah had encephalitis/ brain inflammation. It was a rare disease that doctors just discovered and began to understand.
6. SUSANNAH CAHALAN
7. TESTS
8. ENCEPHALITIS
9. DR. ARSLAN
10. MEDICINE
11. Gave Susannah IV IG, antibody, and infusions. The spinal tap revealed that Susannah had a high white blood cell count
12. DR. KAHN
13. TOM CAHALAN
14. NEW YORK
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16. He healed Susannah and she was able to return home and started rehabilitation and started accepting her illness but had challenges
17. Dr. Najjar was optimistic that Susannah would soon recover to most of her former self.
18. He studied the brain of people who committed suicide or who might have mental illnesses.
19. He was able to prove to doctors that her condition was not psychiatric
20. EVIDENCE
21. REHABILITATION
22. PYSCHIACTRIC
23. HOSPITAL
24. Patients that were diagnosed had flu symptoms also anxiety, delusions, paranoia, and mania, and loss of language and memory.
25. RHONA NACK
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