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Coeliac Pain Dismissed as Surgery Scar
20 Jul
Summary
- Severe pain was wrongly attributed to C-section scar tissue for years.
- Coeliac disease diagnosis finally came in 2021, five years after sons' birth.
- An undiagnosed appendix issue led to emergency surgery before coeliac diagnosis.
Sophie Fisher, 43, from York, endured years of severe pain that doctors attributed to scar tissue from a Caesarean section. Her suffering was eventually identified in 2021 as coeliac disease, a condition where the immune system attacks the small intestine upon gluten consumption.
Fisher expressed regret that her diagnosis did not occur sooner, stating it would have made life considerably easier. Her health issues were compounded when, twelve weeks after her sons' birth in 2016, she fell gravely ill due to a burst appendix and perforated bowel, necessitating emergency surgery.
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