A 10-year-old girl who once loved to dance became unable to cross the threshold of her class after coming down with an illness which her parents struggled to understand.

When Ilia Carney, from Spital , began experiencing sudden mood swings, her parents initially suspected she was suffering from mental illness, reports the Liverpool Echo .

Her mum Vicky, 41, said: "In January last year, Ilia just point blank refused to go to school one day, which was really out of character.

"She turned hysterical and no matter how hard I tried, there was nothing I could do. There was literally no reason.

"She couldn't tell me what was wrong, it was just this overwhelming feeling of anxiety.

"This began happening most days, and it got worse and worse. It turned into really horrific anxiety. She had

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