A woman who assumed she was "curvy" had over 6.5 litres of nodule fluid drained from her legs after she discovered she had a rare condition - by watching YouTube videos. Alisa Vandercruyssen, 28, started to get bigger legs, arms and abdomen from aged 17 - despite living an active lifestyle.
Despite multiple trips to the doctors, they assumed she had a weight issue and gave her pamphlets for diet and exercise. Alisa had a healthy diet, regularly exercised and even tried weight loss drugs but her limbs continued to grow and cause her pain.
She thinks her condition has caused her to gain around 3.5st. Alisa thought she might have the chronic condition lipoedema - an abnormal build-up of fat - after watching a YouTube video and was given her official diagnosis in Novemeber 2022.
