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Epilepsy and deep brain stimulation - Oran’s story
Thirteen-year-old Oran Knowlson has a rare and severe form of epilepsy. Now, he's been given a radical treatment in a world first for medicine. (Image: Knowlson family handout)
Thirteen-year-old Oran Knowlson from Somerset has severe epilepsy. His family say multiple seizures a day have robbed him of his childhood.
Now, in a world first, surgeons have implanted electrodes in his brain to try to bring them under control.
For this episode of 5 Minutes On, the ±«Óãtv's Medical Editor Fergus Walsh has been to meet Oran and his family to find out whether the radical treatment has given him his life back.
Image credit: Knowlson family handout.
