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Lucy Skoulding

UNCOVERED: Man 63 was forced to crawl due to agonising illness that had him considering suicide | History Defined

A man living with a rare skin condition which left him unable to walk says he suffered years of hell - and even considered suicide.

Alan Bentley, 63, has had Olmsted Syndrome, which causes hard callouses to form on his feet, since he was a child.

And he says the disorder - also known as mutilating palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) - has caused him both physical and mental pain all his life.

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