A teenage football player had symptoms of months. Doctors found a rare brain deformity.

Logan Collasis was used to take a hit in football. He was playing since he was 6 years old and many were upset StrokeBut after a helmet-to-halmet effect of High School in August 2023 during its new year, he started having weak symptoms.

New Jersey Kishore said that he was very dizzy and had trouble in balance. His memory was “terrible”, and he had “severe” light sensitivity, he said, with “terrible headache”. Earlier a strong student, he now struggled to focus on the classroom and could not miss the school assignment or what he studied in the classroom.

“I have agreed in my past, and it was not like a normal,” Logan said. “I knew it was something else.”

More worryingly, Logan was not getting better. Several months of physical therapy had no effect, said that the mother of Logan, Becky Kolaries. A neurologist who was treating Logan since his diagnosis with stomach migraine, a year before two drugs, both had negative side effects. An orthopedic doctor suggested to see her neck. Other doctors had no answer. The Coleeridge wanted the doctor to determine a MRI, but was not able to receive one. Meanwhile, Logan was remembering the school almost every week. Over-the-counter medicines could not let the headache dull, and they were becoming more frequent.

In the early spring 2024, Logan was able to see a specially a specialist after a particularly bad headache, stopping her from going to school.

“The first thing he said that ‘no one has given MRI to this child?” “Becky Coleridge remembered. The expert determined the scan, as well as the X-ray of the Logan’s neck. Coleridges thought that the scan could show that Logan had an issue with his subsequent nerve, which moves from neck to scalp.

The results were very difficult to hear: Logan was diagnosed with a arterial deformity, or AVM. This was a condition that he and his parents had never heard before.

Becky Cleeridge said, “Everything we read was very scary.” “That moment, we realized the danger that he was inside.”

What is the deformity of a arteries?

AVM is an abnormal confusion of blood vessels in the brain, head of the stroke program of the Cleveland Clinic. Andrew Russian said, “who were not involved in the care of Logan. AVM puts “a lot of pressure on the vein” and can cause different types of symptoms, he said. The greatest risk with AVM is the breakdown, where the vessels burst and cause brain bleeding.

In a case like Logan, where AVM is not broken, there may still be symptoms. Those symptoms can affect a person’s motor skills, sensory and visual perception, language abilities and their way of walking. Russiaman said that this effect in the brain as AVM may be different.

Colerides had two options to treat Logan: radiation therapy, a non-invasive technique that uses radiation beams centered to gradually target and gradually destroy surgery. Radiation therapy may take a very long time, the family decided, and so he Dr. Decided to Logan treated by Howard Reena.

“He could not go to school. His whole life was impressed by these headaches,” Reena said. “They wanted an immediate solution.”

Reena said that the possibility of AVM, which was on a “headache place” in the OCCPIL area of the brain, was the root of the symptoms of Logan. People are born with AVM, Reena said, and they grow as the body grows, which can increase symptoms.

“Obviously, you do not want to do many things in your head, but the convention led to imaging, which led to the diagnosis of AVM, which was probably what was with headache,” he said.

Increase awareness and “focus on a new beginning”

Logan started surgery on July 17, 2024, almost a year after their symptoms began. Reena performed a cranium and removed AVM. Three days later, Logan was discharged from the hospital to continue his recovery at home. Logan said it was a “alone” way to spend his summer vacation. Even as soon as his recovery increased, he could not participate in the game he loved.

Logan said, “I can’t really do things that I love normally, such as exercising, playing football was a big thing for me. I was just stuck in bed, there was a very few activity,” Logan said.

Now, logan only has topical headaches, and pain can be treated with medication. Nyu is followed by her followed in Langon, but Reena said everything has returned. Colereds are working to encourage the initial testing: Becky Cleeridge said that he wants Logan to get MRIs first to avoid months of pain and confusion.

This year has been a complete change, Logan said. He no longer misses the school. He celebrated his 16th birthday and took a driving lesson. In this summer, he spent almost every day on the beach with friends. This month, he is ready to return to the football field.

“Full experience was a fork in the road for me that I had to receive,” Logan said. “I am leaving that time in my life in the past and focusing on a new beginning.”