Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Mother hasn't eaten food in seven YEARS and never will again because her stomach muscles are paralysed

Mrs Nichols was diagnosed with gastroparesis, meaning her stomach muscles are paralysed

A mother has not eaten a meal for seven years due to a rare condition which left her stomach paralysed.

A side effect of being fed through a tube is that Mrs Nichols' hair became thin and fell out, something she finds difficult

Mrs Nichols has not eaten food for seven years and gave birth to children William, three, and Felicity, 11 months despite not being able to eat during her pregnancy

Mrs Nichols has been told she will never eat again, but she says despite this, she feels lucky and her and her husband Ben, 27, call their children their 'two miracles'

Mrs Nichols knows she will never eat 'real food' again, and her weight dropped from 9st to 7st
Nicola Nichols, 25, from Bolton, was struck down by a 'mild case of man flu' in 2008.
She has not been able to keep any food or drink down since and vomited up to 50 times every day.
Initially doctors believed she had an eating disorder, before finally diagnosing her with gastroparesis.
This is a condition in which the stomach muscles are paralysed, meaning food is not emptied properly.

She is kept alive by a food and glucose bags that feeds directly into her blood stream, and a glucose bag that provides her with energy. 
She unable to eat anything at her wedding to IT worker Ben, 27, and has been told she will never eat again.
Mrs Nichols said: 'I can't really stress just how mild this flu was - I called it man flu.
'My mum had flu at the same time but mine was only slightly different.
'But once I started vomiting, it is crippling pain and I haven't really stopped vomiting since.
Coined from:Daily Mail
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