A Scots toddler is suffering from a rare genetic condition that causes her to pull out her own hair and eat it.
12.05.2022 - 23:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A "heartbroken" seven-year-old girl was forced to miss a Little Mix concert after falling ill just minutes before they took to the stage. Imogen Holmes had waited two years to see her favourite band live at the AO Arena, after the gig had been delayed due to the pandemic.
She had visited Pizza Express alongside mum Louise, cousin Gabby and auntie Teresa, and was excited for their first family gathering together since her nanna lost her battle to cancer. However, just moments after arriving, she grabbed her mum's arm and became violently sick before being rushed home after suffering a severe gluten reaction.
Imogen, who has coeliac disease and mustn't eat any gluten had visited the restaurant before the concert. It was within an hour that the night took a drastic turn for the worst.
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What followed was an ordeal that lasted two gruelling hours, with Imogen continuing to projectile vomit in the bathrooms at the arena before passing out from exhaustion at the hotel. They had missed the entire concert, leaving little Imogen 'heartbroken'.
Distraught mum Louise, 39, who lives in Rossendale with her family said: "Minutes before the group came onstage Imogen grabbed my arm and told me she was going to be sick. I knew instantly she had been given food containing Gluten.
"Within an hour of consuming the food Imogen became violently sick. We were stuck in the arena toilets unable to leave as she could not stop being sick. I managed to get my sister to go to the St. John Ambulance staff who gave us a sick back so we could get her back to the hotel.
"On coming out of the arena we had to stop on the stairs while she
A Scots toddler is suffering from a rare genetic condition that causes her to pull out her own hair and eat it.
If you're already missing Little Mix following the start of their hiatus *sad emoji* then we have some very good news to cheer you up...
If you're already missing Little Mix following the start of their hiatus *sad emoji* then we have some very good news to cheer you up...
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