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Genetic test vindicates woman after years of being accused of faking illness

A genetic test confirmed a woman had a rare disorder after she spent years being accused of fabricating her symptoms.

Skinny McBuntu

Trinity Hutchins was accused of faking blood in her vomit by siphoning blood from a chest line. A genetic test eventually revealed she actually had a rare genetic disorder, vindicating her after years of struggling against the accusation.

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Years of struggling against an accusation of faking her illness were finally relieved when a genetic test revealed a rare disorder

Trinity Hutchins was accused of secretly siphoning blood from a line into her chest and using it to fake blood in her vomit. The accusation was wrong – she was very unwell with a rare disorder.

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