Teenager, 19, visited doctors FIVE times and was told she had IBS... just weeks later she died of bowel cancer.

A teenager who was given painkillers and antacids after complaining of stomach pains died of bowel cancer just weeks after her misdiagnosis.
Layla Watt, 19, visited her GP surgery at least five times in January and February of this year, but each time she saw a different doctor.
Each one suspected she was suffering with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) until her final appointment in February when the GP said her symptoms required immediate attention.
She died from bowel cancer that had spread to her liver in April..........continue reading!


Layla Watt, 19, complained of abdominal pain, a swollen stomach, fatigue, intense thirst and appetite loss in January this year
She visited her surgery five times but each time saw a different GP
Doctors presumed she suffered with irritable bowel syndrome because both her mother Margaret, 56, and her sister Emma, 33, had condition
But in February she was diagnosed with bowel cancer that had spread to her liver and despite undergoing chemotherapy, she died in April
Once thought of as a disease that only affected the elderly, cases of bowel cancer in under-30s have shot up by 120% in the past ten years