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Shaun Keenan & Chloe Burrell

Young girl diagnosed with rare muscle disorder after struggling to make her way upstairs

A dad has launched a desperate bid to give his young daughter a good quality of life after she was diagnosed with a rare muscle disorder.

Mark Walker told of how is daughter Izzi, 10, was diagnosed with Dermatomyositis – an autoimmune disease, where the body’s immune system attacks its own cells and tissues.

The disease affects around three in every one million children and causes weak muscles and impaired mobility, Belfast Live reports.

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