1/20/2023
Tourette’s teen has experimental chip implanted under his skin which zaps away tics.
Callum deQuevedo was plagued by severe tics for three years, which included screaming, cursing and hitting himself in the head.
The successful surgery involved inserting a device called a neurostimulator under Callum’s collarbone, which sends a current to his head and produces electrical impulses that block the abnormal nerve signals that cause tics.
The experimental procedure is typically used to treat Parkinson’s and has already reversed symptoms of the brain disorder in patients in the UK.
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