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A TEENAGER has gone five years without eating a meal after developing a rare condition which paralysed her stomach.

Ayllah-Beau Foley can no longer eat her favourite foods after developing the condition [CATERS]

Ayllah-Beau Foley, 19, from Cheltenham, can only eat tiny amounts of food at a time, and is fed though a tube after developing gastroparesis.
She said that she first developed the condition after returning from a volunteering project in India.
The teen said: "Having this condition has really changed my life.
"I can't sit down for meals with my family anymore, I can't eat out with my friends. I can't even tuck into a Sunday lunch.
"I have a twin brother, Jordan, but we can't eat cake together on our birthday - if I tried I'd just be sick.
"It is really hard but I try and stay positive, and I just hope I can beat this horrible illness one day."
She added: "I was so excited to go to India with school and I couldn't wait to get out there and get stuck in.
"But when I came back I just felt awful and started to get really ill.
"I assumed it was just food poisoning I'd picked up out there, but it just got worse and worse."
It soon became clear that Ayllah-Beau needed medical attention, and her parents took her to the doctors.

Her mum Christine said: "We had no idea something like that was possible" [CATERS]

It is really hard but I try and stay positive, and I just hope I can beat this horrible illness one day

Ayllah-Beau Foley

Beau's worried mum and full time carer, Christine, 46, said: "At first we assumed that Beau just had Delhi belly - something that she'd picked up when she was out there, but she wasn't getting any better.
"Eventually we took her to the doctors but they seemed stumped too.
"At first they thought it was something to do with her appendix, but they did an operation and couldn't find anything."
After further tests and examinations, Ayllah-Beau - who had lost three stone in weight - was diagnosed with gastroparesis.
Christine said: "We were shocked to hear that her stomach muscles were paralysed. We had no idea that something like that was even possible, but it was a relief to get a diagnosis too."
Ayllah-Beau now relies on a feeding tube which delivers nutrients directly to her heart.
She needs to be fed through the tube for 14 hours overnight just to stay alive.
She said: "I still get cravings for things like chocolate, sweets and burgers.
"I might have a teeny tiny bite every now and then, just to satisfy the craving, but it's not the same.
"It's horrible because I used to love different foods so much, and now I can't have any of them.
"I hope that one day, I'll be back to my normal self, but for now I try to stay as positive as I can."
Dr Simon Gabe, a Consultant Gastroenterologist at St. Mark's Hospital who treats Ayllah-Beau said that the condition was most likely to affect diabetes sufferers.
He said in cases such as Ayllah-Beau's, it is not known what triggers the condition.
Around one in 50,000 people suffer from gastroparesis, and it is more common in women than men.