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Leona Greenan

Lanarkshire woman aims to raise awareness of debilitating FND condition

A Hamilton woman is hoping to raise awareness of a rare brain disorder that shares the same symptoms as MS and Parkinson's disease.

Suzanne Hutchison was knocked for six after discovering she has the limited condition Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) after suffering traits similar to that of Multiple Sclerosis and problems with her physical movement, like Parkinson's.

The 39-year-old, who works as arelationship executive with Newcross Healthcare in Hamilton, describes her life literally changing overnight when she woke up last August with pain searing through her body and debilitating weakness in her legs and arms.

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