Intense pain led boy to beg mum to amputate leg
Manchester Evening News|May 24, 2022
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ADAM MAIDMENT
Intense pain led boy to beg mum to amputate leg

A YOUNG boy begged his mum to get his leg amputated after he was diagnosed with a condition so excruciatingly painful it is nicknamed the 'suicide disease!

Dillon Wilford, 10, from Bolton, had been healthy before he woke up in great pain.

His heartbroken family spent months trying to find a diagnosis before he was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in late January. The syndrome can cause persistent severe and debilitating pain.

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