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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Susie Beever & Paige Oldfield

Student left days from death by mystery illness mistaken as acid reflux

A teenager was told he was a week from death after a mystery illness originally diagnosed as acid reflux left him so weak he couldn't dress himself.

Student Harrison Hayes had been studying for his A Levels when he was struck down with odd symptoms at 17, which left him breathless and needing to constantly stop to rest while on walks.

But Harrison - who goes by Harry - says his strange symptoms persisted, progressing into general fatigue and random aches all over his body.

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