Woman dies within month of flu triggering rare immune condition

Summarised from Gloucestershire Live's report · Updated 5 Nov, 14:36 · Archive

A 25-year-old woman died after flu-like symptoms triggered hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a rare condition where the immune system attacks the body's organs.

Daisy Catterall, 25, from Cirencester, Gloucestershire, died within a month of falling ill with flu-like symptoms that triggered hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare and life-threatening condition in which an overactive immune system attacks the body's organs and blood cells. She initially called her mother complaining of swollen glands in her neck. She was rushed to hospital and placed in intensive care, where her condition rapidly deteriorated.

Daisy worked for the local council and had recently bought her first home with her long-term boyfriend, Matty, 27. She was an avid gym-goer and had never been seriously ill before. Her mother, Rachel, said: 'I was watching the doctors work on her when they said she couldn't be saved. I could see they were right. Her body had been ravaged by this hideous disease. Basically, her own body was killing her.' Rachel is now sharing her daughter's story to raise awareness of the condition.

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• 25-year-old woman died within a month after catching fluShe weas rushed to hospital and placed in intensive care where her condition rapidly deterioratedGloucestershire Live · 5 Nov, 07:00

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