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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Sophie Halle-Richards & Georgia Diebelius

Woman suffering excruciating 'period pain' left temporarily paralysed by real illness

A young woman who was told her excruciating pain was 'bad periods' was left temporarily paralysed after waking up one morning unable to feel her legs.

Annie-Josephine Kearslake was just 12 when she began suffering from extreme pain, however despite years of visiting doctors she was repeatedly told the agonising feeling was down to irritable bowel syndrome or her period.

But in the summer of 2020, her suffering became much worse, with the then-24-year-old waking up one morning to the terrifying realisation she was unable to feel her legs.

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