Healthy boy given 'life sentence' after waking up one morning in horrific pain
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA young boy begged his mum to get his leg amputated after he was diagnosed with a condition so excruciatingly painful it is nicknamed the ‘suicide disease’.
Dillon Wilford, 10, from Bolton, had been healthy before he woke up one morning limping and in horrific pain. His heartbroken family spent months trying to find a diagnosis before he was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in late January.
The syndrome can cause persistent severe and debilitating pain. The condition is so sensitive that even the slightest touch to the affected area causes severe pain.
The cause of CRPS is not known, but the rare condition can often be the result of the body’s abnormal reaction to an injury. READ MORE: 'We have been stitched up': Angry residents living next to city's 'noisiest school' lash out Dillon first started showing symptoms back in November 2021 when he woke up with a limp – he spent the day at school but by the end of the day he was left in debilitating pain.
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