Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis Lived Experience — Abi’s Story
At the ‘My Brain: My Story‘ event in 2023, Abi shared her experience of anti-NMDAR encephalitis
Abi is a professional international rugby player for the England and Great Britain Rugby Sevens, and she competed in the 2021 and 2024 Olympics. In June 2022, she had her first seizure, after which she was misdiagnosed and sectioned. Then, she was diagnosed with anti-NMDAR encephalitis in July 2022. Here, Abi talks about her lived experience of encephalitis at the ‘My Brain: My Story‘ event in 2023.
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