After treatment with targeted deep brain stimulation, she hopes to walk out soon and, for the first time in her adult life, live independently, in her own apartment.
Doctors used a tube that led into her stomach through her nose to give her food and gave her fluids intravenously.
Deep brain stimulation for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder helped Julia Hum earn her high-school equivalency certificate last year.
Refining deep brain stimulationHum had a deep brain stimulator implanted in 2021.
Deep brain stimulation can be life-changing, but it doesn’t work equally well for everyone, and researchers say they’re getting closer to understanding why.
Persons:
Julia Hum, Hum, “, Doctors, it’s, ” Hum, Andreas Horn, “ I’ll, I’ll, Darin Dougherty, didn’t, they’re, ” Horn, Sameer Sheth, ”, Sheth, Dougherty, “ It’s, she’s, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, “ Hope
Organizations:
CNN, General Hospital, Doctors, Mass General Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, CNN Health
Locations:
Massachusetts, Houston