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Lucy Marshall & Katie Weston

Student, 21, hasn't eaten a meal for three years due to 'out of the blue' condition

A 21-year-old student hasn't eaten a full meal for over three years after developing kidney stones "out of the blue".

Emma Tuck, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, has to take eight different medications per day and is in desperate need of life-changing treatment that is not available on the NHS.

She developed bilateral kidney stones - one on each side - during her first year studying criminology at Leeds Beckett University in 2019.

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