A former insurance broker suffers from a condition that causes her to dislocate her wrist every time she picks up the kettle to make a cup of tea.
Claire Simpson, 24, of Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, was fit and healthy until she lost control of her bowels while at work in June 2016.
Although humiliated, Miss Simpson struggled into the office the next day only to collapse on the tube and have to 'pop' her joints back into place.
For almost a year doctors were baffled as to what was causing Miss Simpson's symptoms - until her masseuse suggested she may have the tissue-weakening disorder Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) in March 2017.
With her diagnosis confirmed two months later, Miss Simpson was forced to give up work and moved back in with her parents - along with her boyfriend James Kanter, 29 - last November.
Claire Simpson suffers from a rare condition that causes her to dislocate her wrist every time she picks up the kettle. She first became ill when she lost control of her bowels at work in June 2016 but doctors were baffled as to what the problem was. She is pictured left having tests in hospital before her diagnosis and right with her boyfriend James Kanter before the ordeal
Miss Simpson had never been seriously ill before she suddenly experienced severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea while at work.
'I was in the office late one night, about to go out to the theatre with James,' she said.
'I'd had a bit of a funny tummy all day but didn't think anything of it, but then suddenly I felt a surge down there and completely lost control of my bowels, releasing before I was able to get to the toilet in time.'
Although embarrassed, Miss Simpson did not think much of the incident and commuted with Mr Kanter - a management consultant she met online in 2014 - from their flat in Maida Vale, north London.
'I was feeling very faint and my heart was beating very weakly,' she said.
'I don't remember much but James tells me I collapsed on the tube and was then rushed by ambulance to University College Hospital in Euston.'
Doctors told Miss Simpson - then 21 - she likely had gastroenteritis and sent her home to rest.
Miss Simpson is pictured left in hospital - where she underwent cancer screenings, bowel tests and heart examinations - which all came back negative, before eventually being diagnosed. Pictured right before the ordeal, Miss Simpson may now require care for the rest of her life
Despite all she has been through, Miss Simpson smiles through her hospital stays and refuses to let her condition hold her back. She hopes medical advances will one day find a cure
Miss Simpson was signed off work while she recovered but medics were unable to get to the bottom of the problem.
'It was incredibly frustrating because I just wanted to go back to work,' she said.
'I felt like I was both letting people down and making a big fuss when actually the doctors couldn't see that there was anything wrong with me.
'I had basically become an invalid within the space of just days and couldn't leave the house. It all happened so quickly.'
Miss Simpson's symptoms gradually got worse and eventually became a way of life.
'My joints - in my fingers, wrists and knees - would pop out so often that after a while, it just
