A South Dublin woman has said living with an extremely painful "unseen illness" makes everything "so much harder" as a charity urges the Government for funds to help those living with the condition.
42-year-old Aoife Murdock from South Dublin is just one of the estimated 300 people in Ireland living with the incurable and extremely painful epidermolysis bullosa (EB). The condition, also called ‘Butterfly skin’, is caused by the absence of proteins which bind the skin together, creating excruciating blistering at the mildest touch or movement - in severe cases requiring bandaging every 24 hours.
Aoife said the disease leaves her "wrecked" once she has a big flare up. She added: “It just makes everything so much harder. It’s an unseen illness.
