Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Frenchman for 50 years living without a brain !


Scientists and doctors around the world can not solve the mystery of Frenchman Mathieu R. conventional civil servant, who has 50 years of living with a microscopic brain. This man leads a full life, and is the father of two children, the website of "Komsomolskaya Pravda".
In 2007, the then 44-year-old Mathieu went to the hospital with complaints of pain in the legs. Inspection and the first study to no avail, so the doctor sent the patient to undergo a complete examination. Doctors expect a shock, because the scan showed that the male brain is so small that it is almost impossible to detect.
It later emerged that the Frenchman took the skull the cerebrospinal fluid that normally circulates in the brain and appears in the circulatory system. As a child, a man was treated for hydrocephalus since birth in his head accumulate excess fluid. The treatment was successful and the patient quickly forgot about the problem.

 However, doctors still are given the main issue: how man lived all these years? His neurological and mental development appeared normal. Frenchman married for many years, and even the father of two children, who are no different from their peers.
However, when doctors performed neuropsychological testing, it became clear that the patient has an amazing intelligence quotient (IQ) of 75, his verbal IQ - 84, and his performance IQ was estimated at 70, which is considered quite low at a rate of 85 to 114. While it's not It affects the life and work of Mathieu.

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