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Healthy man ballooned from 11 to 20 stone in four weeks after contracting rare disease - Daily Record

Healthy man ballooned from 11 to 20 stone in four weeks after contracting rare disease - Daily Record

Healthy man ballooned from 11 to 20 stone in four weeks after contracting rare disease - Daily Record
Jun 16, 2021 59 secs

Sam Ollier, 25, became partially blind after contracting the rare disease crescentic IgA nephropathy, which caused his kidneys to fail.

A young and healthy man went from 11 to 20 stone in just four weeks after contracting a rare disease, which meant he had to take a high dose steroid treatment.

25-year-old Sam Ollier, from Crewe, became partially blind after developing the rare disease crescentic IgA nephropathy, which caused his kidneys to fail.

Sam, who is normally incredibly fit and healthy, suffered blurred vision which progressed into dangerously high blood pressure, reports Manchester Evening News.

The high dose steroid treatment which he had to take in order to prevent any further danger to his body caused him to put on a drastic amount of weight in just four weeks, making it difficult for him to walk and even breathe.

The third time in A&E medics discovered sky high blood pressure.

The blood pressure had burst blood vessels in my right eye and I’m now half blind.

The renal team carried out a biopsy and Sam spent the next two weeks in hospital where he was dealt the news that he has crescentic IgA nephropathy – a rare autoimmune disease.

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