I went into hospital for tests and came out paralysed two years later

Tom Lawrence - DailyMail - 08:24
A young woman's trip to the hospital for four days of tests turned into a two year battle which left her paralysed and fearing she may never be able to speak again.

 A young woman's trip to the hospital for four days of tests turned into a two year battle which left her paralysed and fearing she may never be able to speak again.

Megan Dixon was 13 years old when she began to feel unwell.

By age 16 her health had deteriorated to such an extent that she had lost the ability to speak.

She was taken to hospital for tests which were only supposed to take four days, doctors believed the teenager may have suffered a stroke. 

Two years later she was completely paralysed. Unable to walk, talk or open her eyes, with doctors saying she may never move again.

Megan was diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), a condition which affected how her brain received and sent information to the rest of the body.

Megan told BBC News that the condition left her unable to talk or do anything for hers...
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