Charlotte Durham suffered from severe migraine headaches and was in danger of loosing her sight from a rare brain condition called idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Her family had been told that she would need a series of expensive operations to save her eye sight. Determined that there had to be a better solution, her father, Andy Durham, searched the Internet for an answer. His search led to a medical study done in Greece that showed twenty-four out of twenty-six patients were completely cured of the condition after six months of taking the drug Octreotide. Charlotte is reported to have seen dramatic improvements almost right away with a reduction in the severity of the headaches and relief from noise in her ears and pressure behind her eyes. Just six months after starting treatment Charlotte was given the the all clear from her doctors.
Read the whole story here and pass it on!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1352510/Charlotte-Durham-beats-rare-brain-condition-father-finds-cure-internet.html
This story reminds me of an earlier post regarding a man who has written an app for navigating the complicated world of cancer treatments.
http://insharpcontrast.blogspot.com/2011/01/cancer-now-there-is-app-for-that.html
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