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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

Grandmother left with life-changing brain damage after doctors mistook rare condition for a UTI

Helen Edwards has been left with life-changing brain damage after medics repeatedly mistook a serious illness for a urinary tract infection (UTI).

At first, the 74-year-old from Aberystwyth had flu-like symptoms and nausea, which a GP brushed off as a suspected urine infection. But days later, it was obvious the antibiotics had not worked when her whole body started shaking.

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