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Alex Keel pictured during a healthy spell between transplants. See SWNS story SWLIVER: A 29-year-old woman is seeking her FOURTH liver in five years after her body attacked the first three. Alexandra Keel suffers from a rare, chronic condition called Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, which causes liver failure. It turns her skin yellow with jaundice, makes her uncontrollably itchy, causes her to vomit constantly and has made her lose almost THREE STONE. But she was a "completely normal" young woman until she was diagnosed with the condition in 2011 - which would be fatal if left untreated.

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A 29-year-old woman is seeking her FOURTH liver in five years after her body attacked the first three.

Alexandra Keel suffers from a rare condition called Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, which causes liver failure.

It turns her skin yellow with jaundice, makes her uncontrollably itchy, causes her to vomit constantly and has made her lose nearly three stone.

She was a “completely normal” young woman until she was diagnosed with the condition in 2011 – which would be fatal if left untreated.

It forced her to drop out of university – where she had been training to be a primary school teacher – and she was placed on an urgent transplant waiting list.

Alex Keel on holiday in France in 2016 while her third kidney transplant was working well
Alex Keel on holiday in France in 2016 while her third kidney transplant was working well

In January 2012, Alex, of Cheltenham, Glos., got a new liver and things seemed to be going well.

But over the next 18 months she began to deteriorate and doctors discovered that the devastating illness, which is classed as an auto-immune condition, was back.

In March 2015 she was handed another lifeline when a second donor was found – and she was given her third liver.

But earlier this year, she was given the tragic news that the condition had returned – and she’s now waiting to have liver number FOUR.

Doctors say it will be her final transplant and are researching potential treatment options in a bid to stop the PSC coming back. If it does, it could be fatal.

Alex Keel pictured at the time of her first liver transplant in 2012
Alex Keel pictured at the time of her first liver transplant in 2012

Alex, who now weighs just 6ft 9lbs, said: “Before I was diagnosed I was just a completely normal person. I never had any significant illnesses before it happened.

“But then I started to get itchy, like if you change fabric softener and it’s a bit irritable, so I just put it down to that.

“It went on for a few months and I ended up going to the GP twice before I was taken seriously, but finally they diagnosed it as PSC.

“As the condition progressed I was in agony and being sick constantly. I was about nine and a half stone but I went down to eight stone.

“I’m now six stone nine because I’ve been ill so much.”

Alex Keel pictured in 2015 just before her second transplant
Alex Keel pictured in 2015 just before her second transplant

She added: “It’s so scary and frightening. I know that the more transplants you have the harder it is – they don’t often do a third transplant.

“It’s scary and I’m so afraid of dying. I just want to be like everyone else. I want the normal things – I want to have a baby and things like that.

“It is really really surreal.”

Doctors have now said that they want to remove part of Alex’s intestine, which can sometimes stop PSC from returning.

Alex Keel pictured during a healthy spell between transplants.
Alex Keel pictured during a healthy spell between transplants.

They are also considering carrying out a stem cell transplant to stop replace her immune system with a new one.

After that, she will undergo her third transplant op if a donor can be found.

Her friends have set up a fund to raise £25,000 to help pay for things like transport, hospital parking and respite care, and have so far collected more than £2,000.

Any excess from the fund will be split equally between Alex’s choice of charities – PSC Support and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Liver Trust.

To donate, visit https://www.gofundme.com/smileforalex

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