SMA Syndrome news articles
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome is rare, but it has appeared in some recent headlines. We’ve compiled SMA Syndrome news articles onto this page. If you have any to add, please submit using the form at the bottom of this page.
Note: In some of these SMA Syndrome news articles, Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome is referred to as “Wilkie’s Syndrome.”
Disabled Cotswold woman’s dream wedding after she nearly died
November 5, 2022
Even with living with a rare condition which leaves her bedridden, Rebecca Turton released a book too
Gloucestershire woman writes book on the rare condition that nearly killed her
April 28, 2022
Bedbound Rebecca Bostock has found solace from her life-threatening illness in her writing, which she hopes will help others.
Kiwi woman forced to fly to Germany for life-changing surgery after New Zealand doctors continually dismiss excruciating condition
August 14, 2022
Being able to eat and drink is a daily thing the majority of people take for granted. But for one Kiwi woman, they’re tasks that up until a recent operation caused her excruciating pain.
Sarah Wills, 20, spent nearly a decade trying to get a diagnosis and help for her misunderstood condition.
8-Year-Old With 4 Chronic Illnesses Struggles To Eat, Hopes To Visit Disneyland & Enjoy Macs Again
June 26, 2022
Since Tammie was in primary school, signs of her illnesses started popping up. She remembers facing stomach problems, which led to her being “in and out of the hospital from Primary 4”.
Indigenous woman’s screams for help before her death were ‘excruciating’, fellow inmate tells inquest
May 10, 2022
Veronica Nelson died in a Melbourne jail in early 2020 and a woman who was in a nearby cell has told an inquest authorities ‘let her die.’
An autopsy found Nelson, a Yorta Yorta woman, suffered complications from Wilkie’s syndrome, a rare condition characterised by abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. The court has heard the complications were in a setting of withdrawal from heroin.
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Kristina Bayus, of Hubbard, shares struggle with rare disorders
April 27, 2022
Details of celebration of life for Nicolette Baker in Porthleven
April 23, 2022
Friends of a woman who died just days before potentially lifesaving surgery have been invited to share their stories at a celebration of her life.
