A nurse claims she was left vomiting up blood after eating a pizza at a Gino D'Acampo restaurant. Amanda Hughes and her husband Paul, 47, booked a meal at the venue to celebrate their wedding anniversary with their son Harry, 11, along with a night at the Innside by Melia hotel.
But the couple's celebrations soon turned into a nightmare when Amanda, who suffers from coeliac disease, had to be taken from her hotel room to A&E. The 48-year-old, from Southport, said she ordered from the restaurant's gluten-free menu but believes she was given a normal pizza that caused her to vomit blood, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Around one in 100 people suffer from coeliac disease, which is a condition where your immune system attacks your own tissues when you eat gluten. Sufferers of the disease have to keep a close eye on what they eat as many everyday foods such as pasta, pizza, bread and cakes are dangerous for them to eat.
