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Lad, 10, with 'rare suicide disease' begs mum to have legs amputated due to pain

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The Suicide Disease”.Dillon Wilford was diagnosed with CRPS back in late January after months of trying to find a diagnosis for his excruciating pain.The condition, which is not yet fully understood by doctors, leaves victims so sensitive that even the slightest touch to the affected area causes severe pain.Now his mum Melanie Wilford is trying to raise £100,000 to take Dillon to America to get specialised hospital treatment that's not available in the UK.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.After months of hospital visits and many stumped professionals, Dillion was finally diagnosed with CRPS by a doctor in his local Bolton Hospital.Single mum-of-four Melanie, 47, and her daughter Maddison, 24, have been helping to care for the poor lad.Melanie, a student nurse, said: "We're raising 100k for him to send him to America, a clinic in Arkansas."It's a 16-week treatment and it's every single day.

They do over a 120-blood tests - they haven't even tested his blood over here. In the UK they don't do anything like that."There's no known cure for CRPS but they can get people into remission.

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