Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A man ballooned from 11 to 20 stone in just four weeks after taking a high dose steroid treatment to treat a rare kidney disease.
Sam Ollier, of Crewe, Cheshire, became partially blind after contracting the rare disease, known as crescentic IgA nephropathy, which caused his kidneys to fail.
The usually fit and healthy 25-year-old suffered blurred vision which progressed into dangerously high blood pressure. READ MORE: Schoolgirl, 12, suffers horror burns microwaving an egg The high dose steroid treatment needed to bring him back from danger then caused him to put on a huge amount of weight in just four weeks, making it difficult for him to walk and breathe.
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