A young Irish woman has gone to A&E more than 200 times due to a debilitating rare disease that causes two hour long seizures.
Courtney O'Connor says that "sometimes I'm just existing" as the 24-year-old said that the mystery illness has stumped medics. She finally got diagnosed in 2022 with a condition called Functional Neurological Disorder.
The Offaly woman first noticed something was wrong when she developed muscle spasms that eventually turned into seizures five years ago. Speaking to the Irish Mirror, the music teacher said: “It actually sickens me how much money I’ve probably spent on A&E visits. I reckon I’ve been more than 200 times since this started.
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