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Lucy Farrell

Turkey weight loss injections linked to spike of 'fatal' disease as medical tourists warned

Health officials are warning medical tourists against travelling abroad for a weight loss procedure after a spike in cases of a serious disease.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control is urging people to avoid stomach injection treatments in Turkey due to a rise in cases of botulism.

Botulism is a rare but serious illness, caused by a toxin that attacks the body's nerves that causes difficulty breathing, muscle paralysis and even death.

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