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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
SWNS reporter

Hope for teen whose minor ankle injur left him constant pain

Hannah Walton / SWNS

The family of a teen who often begged to die while suffering constant pain from a minor ankle injury now have fresh hope for his recovery.

Alfie Scriven, 15, is living with a condition so severe it’s been dubbed “suicide disease” - real name Trigeminal Neuralgia - after living with unbearable agony.

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