A man diagnosed with an illness so painful it has been nicknamed 'the suicide disease' says the only thing that stopped him taking his own life was the thought of leaving his partner and son. Andrew Lawton's first symptom came in February 2019 when his knee buckled underneath him.
After that, the slightest touch of his leg would result in severe bruising and ulcers; even putting on bandages would cause the skin to die. Andrew stopped going outside, fearing his wounds would cause other people distress as he couldn't cover them. Every drop of rain would cause the skin on his leg to burn.
Clothes and blankets cause him excruciating pain in his leg. The dad-of-one was sacked from his job when his boss said he was too slow to walk down the stairs during a fire drill at the office. He won a discrimination claim and more than £30,000 compensation, reports The Mirror.
