A WOMAN of 29 has lost her fight against a rare brain disorder which made her want to eat continuously.
Abby Redpath was diagnosed at 16 as having Prader-Willi syndrome – a genetic condition in which messages do not reach the brain to tell it the stomach is full.
Her mum Sally, 50, said: “She’d no life and by the end didn’t want to be here. It’s a cruel way to die.”
Sally nursed wheelchair-bound Abby – who may have died from heart failure – at home in Wooler, Northumberland. The mother spoke of a “loving child” who had become “so poorly with gastric problems, respiratory problems – you name it, she had it. She was also going blind with diabetes.”
There are around 2,000 cases of the condition in the UK and Ireland. Jackie Waters, of the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, said victims suffered “a double whammy” as an abnormal body composition means they need fewer calories than a normal person.
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