New photo Student needing a heart transplant was told by doctors that her symptoms were ‘exam stress’

AN ill student whose symptoms were dismissed by doctors as “exam stress” actually needed a heart transplant.

Charlotte Carney, 22, kept seeing GPs over five years while becoming increasingly tired and sleeping up to 20 hours a day.

The brave 22-year-old shows off her transplant scar after doctors dismissed her symptoms as ‘exam stress’

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Tests revealed restrictive cardiomyopathy, and she had her life-saving op in March.

Now in her final year studying forensic psychology, Charlotte, of Northwich, Cheshire, said: “I was dismissed by doctors due to my age and I was told my symptoms were due to exam stress.

“But as the years passed my health continued to decline. I struggled to stay awake for longer than a few hours. I thought I was just really lazy and loved sleep but after tests on my heart I was finally diagnosed.”

She added: “It was after these tests that I was told I had Restrictive Cardiomyopathy which meant my heart did not fill of blood properly. No one had any idea that I had a heart condition but we knew it was serious as I was getting worse.

Charlotte got her new heart just four months after her diagnosis

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“It was this test that saved my life and led to doctors taking my symptoms seriously. Medication didn’t help and just three months after my diagnosis I was placed on the waiting list for a new heart.

“I knew my time was running out and if I didn’t have a new organ quickly I was risking being too unwell for the transplant.

“I couldn’t believe it when three weeks later I got the call. I knew I had no other choice if I wanted to survive – I was so thankful.”

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