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Simona Kitanovska

Dangerous Brain Surgery May Relieve Baby Of Multiple Daily Epileptic Seizures

A child diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy which causes her to have multiple seizures a day is to undergo life-saving surgery to detach part of her brain.

Thea Steele, aged 14 months, had her first seizure just hours after being born and was rushed into intensive care where tests revealed a condition called infantile spasms.

The condition can cause catastrophic brain damage if left untreated.

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