10 SEIZURES A DAY TEEN STUMPS MEDICS

Disorder leaves Lucy in a wheelchair

- BY BILLY GADDI

A TEENAGER is suffering from 10 seizures a day after she was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder.

Lucy Hanney, 19, had her first non-epileptic fit last October, leaving medics baffled.

But a month later, after having 30 seizures in one weekend, doctors confirmed she has functional neurological disorder (FND).

FND is a condition where neurological symptoms like seizures, weakness, or paralysis are present and arise from a problem with how the brain processes information rather than from a structural brain or spinal cord problem.

With no cure available, Lucy, of East Kilbride, is forced to spend most of her days in a wheelchair as the debilitating symptoms cause paralysis in her legs.