06-11-2017, 03:43 PM
Cannabis Oil Helped Young Epileptic Girl Come Out Of Coma
By <span><a class="" href="http://www.ibtimes.com/user/131678"><span>Dana Dovey</a></span> </span> On 06/11/17
Earlier this year, doctors feared the worst when a young girl with a rare form of epilepsy began experiencing non-stopseizures and had to beplaced in a medically induced coma. No treatments workeduntil she was given the marijuana derivative cannabidiol (CBD), which stopped the seizures. She was takenout of hercoma, and now has a second shot at life,<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/cannabis-cbd-febrile-infection-related-epilepsy-syndrome-annalise-lujan-cannabidiol-a7770621.html">The Independent</a>reported.
Doctors diagnosed Annalise Lujan, 12, from Tucson Arizona, with<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/11005/febrile-infection-related-epilepsy-syndrome">Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndromes</a>, an extremely rare disease that can cause patients to experiencehundreds of seizures a day within two weeks of contracting a febrile illness, like a cough ora cold. Due to the severity of Lujans condition, doctorstestedan experimental treatment on the young girl involving the marijuana derivative cannabidiol (CBD). Doctors credit the CBD with her recovery......
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By <span><a class="" href="http://www.ibtimes.com/user/131678"><span>Dana Dovey</a></span> </span> On 06/11/17
Earlier this year, doctors feared the worst when a young girl with a rare form of epilepsy began experiencing non-stopseizures and had to beplaced in a medically induced coma. No treatments workeduntil she was given the marijuana derivative cannabidiol (CBD), which stopped the seizures. She was takenout of hercoma, and now has a second shot at life,<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/cannabis-cbd-febrile-infection-related-epilepsy-syndrome-annalise-lujan-cannabidiol-a7770621.html">The Independent</a>reported.
Doctors diagnosed Annalise Lujan, 12, from Tucson Arizona, with<a data-ipb="nomediaparse" href="https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/11005/febrile-infection-related-epilepsy-syndrome">Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndromes</a>, an extremely rare disease that can cause patients to experiencehundreds of seizures a day within two weeks of contracting a febrile illness, like a cough ora cold. Due to the severity of Lujans condition, doctorstestedan experimental treatment on the young girl involving the marijuana derivative cannabidiol (CBD). Doctors credit the CBD with her recovery......
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