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Jenny Grieve from Bournemouth is a reflection Drew's character when she was hit with a rare form of encephalitis in August 2014 that left her with a little short-term memory.
In line with a report in Daily Mail, the disease results in the inflammation of the brain and her immune system that caused damage to her brain. To regain her health, she had to spend a couple of months in a
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Miss Grieve said: 'When I finally woke up I had forgotten how to eat, drink and even walk."
'At first I was admitted to a psychiatric ward as everyone thought I was losing my mind," she added.
Her confusions and seizures were identified by physicians as symptoms of encephalitis within twelve hours. From then on, she jots down almost every activity she does to ensure she recalls the things she has been doing every single hour.
The doctors determined that NMDA-r encephalitis, the most serious type of encephalitis struck Jenny in which the own body produces antibodies that harm the brain and likewise has an increased rate of relapse. Such type was just discovered in 2007 and because it's so uncommon, a lot of doctors remain struggling to detect the indications at a sooner time.
Jenny mentioned that she's puzzled all the time but her mother, Lorraine Grieve provided her best to help her daughter and that she hardly ever left Jenny's side. Mrs. Grieve showed her photos and play voice clips from loved
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