Teenager 'feels like walking death sentence' after frightening headache diagnosis
Allesha is suffering from debilitating headaches (icon: Mirror the internet)An aspiring law student says she feels a walking death sentence after doctors diagnosed her with a horrifying brain condition.
Allesha Barnfield first realised something was wrong when her daily stress became so crippling that she became bed bound and could not bear noise or light.
The 17 years old, far from Highfields, southern states Yorkshire, Had been studying law but had to drop out of college when her condition became incapacitating, The Mirror evaluations.
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In september 2020, Her dreams of going to higher educatoin institutions and pursuing her career were crushed when NHS doctors diagnosed [-censured-=https://chnlove-scam.tumblr.com/]chnlove.com[/-censured-] her with Chiari Malformation.
the problem, which then ligaments in the spine to be tense and tighter than usual, Can cause brain tissue to be pulled into a person back.
on the worst cases, It can result in paralysis or so called decapitation which is when the ligaments connecting the skull to the spine are severed.
Petrified by the forecast, Allesha asked doctors not to tell her how long she has before this might happen.
comfortably be managed has ruined my life, She expressed. "I had dreams to become a lawyer and going to university but I can't go anymore.
"I spend every day confined in my room in complete darkness because I can't bear the sunshine.
"I find the smallest noises excruciatingly painful, Even somebody is talking to me I have to ask them to whisper,
Allesha rumoured she "broke down" When doctors informed her of what the problem could lead to.
"I asked them not to tell me how long I had based on my scans because I just don't even think I can handle knowing, She described.
"I feel like a walking death sentence,
She said she is affected by "serious back pain and neck pain, sickness and fatigue,
the teen "seriously" Tried to get doctors to realise how much she was persevering when her headaches worsened in 2019.
"I have had migraines before but I knew that these weren't migraines because I could physically feel the back of my head shocking me, She reported.
"It started out as once a week but then it got until it was everyday, for hours on end.
"I took myself to the doctors and I was desperately attempting to obtain people to believe me and listen to me.
"I felt like I was being treated like a child, my partner and i know I am but I also know my own body,
Allesha said she eventually found a GP who listened and they alluded her for an MRI and to a neurosurgeon.
She was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation and set about researching her condition via intenet.
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Allesha, Who lives back with her sister, Said she is not qualified to apply for surgery on the NHS, But her searches led her to a clinic in barcelona, Which is offering a new surgery that can eliminate associated with altogether.
in britain, Surgeons use a method called decompression surgery whereby a piece of bone is removed from the spinal cord to relieve the pressure but there is a risk that the tension will build up again causing the same problem in future.