Stories from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
In 2002, my grandmother, Faye Sims, now 76, experienced a sharp, debilitating pain in her jaw while at a café in Fairfield, Texas. She ended up in the emergency room, and doctors discovered she had multiple sclerosis (MS). The pain she was experiencing in her face was caused by trigeminal neuralgia, sometimes described as the most excruciating pain known to humanity.
UTHealth Houston announced the establishment of the Institute of Perioperative Medicine, which will span different schools, including McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston.
That Thursday morning in January started like any other as Christopher Blankenship, 47, headed into work feeling just fine. However, just a few hours into his eight-hour shift, he felt a slight discomfort between his shoulder blades. He shrugged the pain off, thinking it was a random twinge from a previous accident. But the pain intensified, and Christopher told his co-worker he needed to take a break and sit in his car.
UTHealth Houston is proud to announce the successful opening and first online patient visit at its groundbreaking Telehealth Precision Genetic Counseling for Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
