“I kept on suffering day after day, not being able to wash my own hair. I was missing out on life,” Jessica Booth lamented.
— which included vomiting blood and losing chunks of hair — until eventually she received a terrifying diagnosis.
But she says she was dismissed by doctors who told the 20-year-old there was “nothing wrong.” Nevertheless, she lost nearly 30 pounds in just three weeks while vomiting blood and experiencing rectal bleeding, she noted.. “In May 2022, I was on my way to work, and I had to turn back — and I’ve not been to work since.”“From the start of my first symptoms, it progressively got worse, and I started to notice more and more symptoms as the days went by,” Booth added.
With nowhere else to turn, she says she begged for a colonoscopy and was eventually diagnosed with Meckel’s diverticulum last month.She says she experienced debilitating symptoms and claims no one took her seriously.— which is often diagnosed in childhood — occurs when the leftover umbilical cord creates a bulge in the small intestine, sometimes resulting in pain or gastrointestinal bleeding. Only 2% to 3% of people have the abnormality, according to the Cleveland Clinic, and symptoms are rare.
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