SINGAPORE – Mr Ashly Markose lost almost a quarter of his body weight in one week because of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
His first flare-up of the chronic disease in 2017 saw him hospitalised for 10 days after prolonged diarrhoea, with bloody stools. As a result, his weight dropped from 84kg to 64kg.
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