A young teacher who was diagnosed with a crippling bowel disease which left her rushing to the toilet “20 times a day” has said the condition saved her life after routine blood tests revealed a “silent killer” kidney disease two years before she showed any symptoms.
After suffering from stomach cramps and seeing her weight plummet from 10st to 8st in just four months, in 2014, Charlotte Douglas, 25, was told she had Crohn’s disease, a lifelong condition where parts of the digestive system become inflamed, and thought she was facing the biggest health challenge of her life.
