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Bradley Jolly & Amber O'Connor & Ryan Fahey

Mum fears she will die after mystery insect bite causes her legs to balloon

A mum who developed sepsis as a result of a suspected insect bite in Africa will die unless she can fund pioneering treatment.

Fern Wormald, 48, claims doctors are concerned a huge mass of fluid in the tissues in her leg will become fatal if it continues to build, Yorkshire Live reports.

The fluid - caused by lymphedema and is causing her legs to balloon - has already led to cellulitis and sepsis, the latter a potentially fatal condition, medics say.

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