<P> The book narrates Cahalan 's issues with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and the process by which she was diagnosed with this form of encephalitis . She wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the events of the previous month , during which time she would have violent episodes and delusions . Her eventual diagnosis is made more difficult by various physicians misdiagnosing her with several theories such as `` partying too much '' and schizoaffective disorder . Eventually several physicians , including Dr. Souhel Najjar , began to suspect that Cahalan was suffering from an autoimmune disease . Najjar diagnosed Cahalan using a test that involved her drawing a clock , a test normally given to people suspected of having dementia or Alzheimer 's disease . Rather than drawing the clock face normally , the disease caused Cahalan to draw all of the numbers 1 through 12 on the right face of the clock , because the right side of her brain , which regulates the left side of the body , was inflamed . Najjar used this to help diagnose Cahalan and start her road to recovery . </P>
<P> The book narrates Cahalan 's issues with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and the process by which she was diagnosed with this form of encephalitis . She wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the events of the previous month , during which time she would have violent episodes and delusions . Her eventual diagnosis is made more difficult by various physicians misdiagnosing her with several theories such as `` partying too much '' and schizoaffective disorder . Eventually several physicians , including Dr. Souhel Najjar , began to suspect that Cahalan was suffering from an autoimmune disease . Najjar diagnosed Cahalan using a test that involved her drawing a clock , a test normally given to people suspected of having dementia or Alzheimer 's disease . Rather than drawing the clock face normally , the disease caused Cahalan to draw all of the numbers 1 through 12 on the right face of the clock , because the right side of her brain , which regulates the left side of the body , was inflamed . Najjar used this to help diagnose Cahalan and start her road to recovery . </P>
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what did the girl have on brain on fire
anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis