Trapped in his own body: 5 amazing stories Bashny.Net

Weak outside - strong vnutriNet nothing worse "syndrome locked man" - this is a condition when a person is fully conscious, lying in a coma, or when muscles are completely out of control, with the exception of the eye muscles. The reasons may be different, for example, it may occur after stroke or as a result of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, diseases of the central nervous system. We'll tell you about the incredible stories of people who found themselves in such a terrible situation.


1. Martin Pistorius, who was forced to watch BarniMartin Pistorius was an ordinary 12-year-old boy from South Africa, when all of a sudden, he fell into a coma. For several years the child was in a vegetative state, and doctors could not figure out what happened to him. As a teenager, he suddenly regained consciousness, but lost the ability to communicate.



Throughout the time that he was in the hospital, Martin, that he did not miss, include cartoon about Barney the dinosaur. By this time, he learned how to communicate with people at the keyboard.

In the end everything turned out well. Pistorius got married and wrote the book "The Boy ghost", which was published in 2011. In it, Martin wrote: "I can not even express how I got Barney in the years of my disability».

2. Jean-Dominique Bauby and his book, written with the help of glazaZhan-Dominique Bauby was a successful editor of the French magazine Elle, when suffered a stroke at the age of 43 years. After a 20-day coma, Jean woke up, his hands, feet, mouth and one eye was paralyzed, he was not even able to breathe, and there are no hardware assistance.



Despite these difficulties Bobby continued to communicate with the world. Through patient nurse he could write a whole book. It happened like this: the nurse pointed to the letters of the alphabet, and if it was that letter, Bauby blinked once - if not twice. As a result, in 1997, he published a book was published under the title Le Scaphandre et le Papillon («The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"). Two years later Jean died. And later, in 2007, his book was filmed.

3. Community Stephen Hawking using muscles litsaVozmozhno, the most famous case of this list - the story of physicist Stephen Hawking.



Putting Steven 21 years of age diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), doctors believed that he left to live just a few years. Although his body was getting worse, the brain worked perfectly. Over the years, Hawking has made many discoveries in the theory of black holes, has written a best-selling book "A Brief History of Time." When Stephen in the 1980s, has lost the ability to speak, he has developed a device programmer with which Hawking can type words that are further synthesized into speech. At that time he could manage with one finger, which he managed to print. But to the 73 th year of his life he remained active only cheek muscles, due to which he does not cease to communicate with the outside world. His story was the basis of the movie "Stephen Hawking's Universe," nominated for an Oscar.

4. graffiti paints glazamiOdnim of the pioneers of street art is Tony Kwan, known by the nickname Tempt One. He is credited with a special style of graffiti in Los Angeles. In 2003, Tony was diagnosed with ALS. Nonparalysed leaving only his eyes. Nevertheless, with the help of the device EyeWriter Kwan may continue to do.



The device developed by his friends, who call themselves the Graffiti Research Labs («Graffiti Research Lab"). Their invention EyeWriter - affordable device that allows to draw graffiti and to create forms using eye movements, and tools for the image selected by chetyrehsekundnoy fixation on them. Many of these images have been printed and are projected on the walls of buildings.

5. Kate Allatt recovered from the "syndrome locked man"

Usually people with this syndrome are doomed, but there are happy exceptions. When Kate Allat was 39 years old, she suffered a stroke in the brain stem, which is why she could not move anymore, and her recovery was a long shot. But Kate did not give up. After 11 months she was able to speak and move slightly. And today, Kate almost recovered, he wrote three books, as well as helping others to cope with the consequences of stroke.



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