Jasmine, 15, says it took three years to discover her severe pain was linked to a mental health issue.
Jasmine was injured in a trampoline incident when she was seven but then experienced further health issuesA 15-year-old girl whose family spent years trying to work out why she was suffering from severe pains says she now lives a normal life after doctors linked the issue to her mental health.Initial pain in her knee spread to her legs and she started to eat less, but doctors could not determine the cause.
Jasmine had to wear a leg brace following the trampoline accident, and the pain in her leg escalated to a point where she was no longer able to attend school."I was really scared," she said. "I wasn't able to go to school, play with my friends.After years of seeing doctors, Jasmine's family said she was not getting any answers to the cause of her severe pain.
"I was convinced someone had poisoned my grapes and then it moved to breakfast cereals like cornflakes," she said. It was there through play therapy and traditional therapy sessions that they found Jasmine's symptoms and food anxiety were linked to her physical pain, and she was diagnosed with conversion disorder.
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