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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Anita Beaumont

'I remember thinking, this just isn't normal': Living with a primary immunodeficiency

Awareness: New Lambton's Nadine Smith is living with a primary immunodeficiency which took years to be diagnosed. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

NADINE Smith remembers being so tired and so run-down that she struggled to walk the 600 metres to the bus stop.

She was in her 20s, and fighting a debilitating fatigue that came with constant viruses and infections. But despite multiple sinus surgeries, long stints on strong antibiotics, and allergy treatments, her doctors were stumped.

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