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Orlaith Clinton & Charlie Duffield

'I was going to the toilet 30 times a day but emergency surgery saved my life'

A North Belfast woman is raising awareness on hidden and chronic illnesses after she was left severely ill due to her own condition.

Olivia Bartlett has had type 1 diabetes for 15 years and more recently, the 30-year-old was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease after a series of unbearable symptoms, reports Belfast Live.

The young woman, from Newtownabbey, said she would have been passing blood and going to the bathroom up to 30 times a day.

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