Summertime Struggles and Raising Awareness for FND
Functional Neurological Disorder is something that can affect many people living in the UK, it estimated by the BMJ to be a least 100,000 people. It's also been reported in people living with FVSD. It's a condition where the brain malfunctions and fails to communicate with the muscles in the body properly. Unlike with Epilepsy there are no abnormal electrical signals that can be detected with the appropriate diagnostic tests. They can have non-epileptic seizures and find themselves incredibly physically disabled by loss of movement in legs, vison loss, incontinence and even the ability to speak. This particular community has experienced the real care of the NHS at it's worst and knows full well the struggles of families coping with difficult and rarer conditions.