She Couldn't Urinate for 2.5 Years: The Rare Condition that Changed the Life of a 30-Year-Old Woman

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Evan Francis, 30, spent six months in agony before being diagnosed with Fowler's syndrome in July 2024 — a rare condition that prevents bladder emptying. Lua Blanco: bowel cancer grows among young people, see the main symptoms How many steps per day are needed to stimulate brain functioning? 14-year study indicates the ideal number Symptoms started around Christmas 2023, when she spent days without being able to urinate. She became so swollen th…

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Evan Francis, who lives in England, has had her life turned into a nightmare due to her inability to urinate. Diagnosed with the rare Fowler syndrome, the 30-year-old woman is forced to use a catheter to empty her bladder and is also battling recurring infections. Francis, who has one liter of urine drained from her bladder at a time in the hospital, is now awaiting surgery that is hoped to ease her life.

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A 30-year-old woman suffered from recurring urinary tract infections and severe urinary retention until she was diagnosed with the rare Fowler syndrome.

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Evan Francis has come forward to describe the trauma of being diagnosed with a condition that left her unable to urinate for two and a half years. In January 2024, Francis visited her GP with back pain and bloating, and was given antibiotics for a urinary tract infection. Two weeks later, she returned to the doctor with the same symptoms, and had not urinated for two days. She was again told it was a urinary tract infection.