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Vivienne Aitken

Scots teen's family 'worried she wouldn't make it through the night' after Crohn's diagnosis

A teenage girl has demanded more support for young people with bowel disease after her illness left her suicidal.

Abbie Gray, 18, sank into depression after being diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, which is wrongly viewed as an older person’s disease.

There was very little specialist NHS help ­available to Abbie to help with the emotional trauma.

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