From Fox News: A teenager who is unable to eat any food at all has a condition so rare that doctors said they haven’t found anyone else with the same ailment.
Finley Ranson, age 14, was born with an extreme response to all food, with his body reacting as if it was a virus and causing him to bleed internally.
“I’ve got a rare condition where I can’t have fat into my stomach,” the boy told news agency SWNS. “It is impacting my life, as I’ve not been able to eat any food or drink other than water.”
The boy’s digestive system cannot tolerate lipids, which are fatty compounds or oils that are found in foods.
When Ranson, who is from England, was 4 years old, he was taken to a London hospital, “where a central line fed nutrients and minerals into his heart,” his mother said. “It was a game-changer. He was happy, bouncing and starting to put on weight.”
Since he was four years old, Finley has had to undergo a six-hour procedure every week, to receive the lipid infusions via a tube, which enters his chest and goes to the central vein in his heart. For the past five years, he has had the procedure twice a week.
Also, three times a day, he receives carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals through a different tube into his stomach.
WATCH the interview below with Finley and his mother, as the discuss his rare condition.
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