A young woman who was fed through a tube for the first decade of her life has died aged 26, her family have announced.
In a case which baffled medical experts across the world, Tia-Mae McCarthy had to receive all her vital nutrients through a tube while she slept for the first 10 years of her life.
Her unexplained aversion to food was the subject of a TV documentary as her mother Sue desperately searched for answers, even travelling abroad to get her daughter help.
The mystery was never solved, but eventually Tia surprised her family when she started eating at age 10 - and by 15 she had a normal diet and appetite.
Tragically she died suddenly on April 28, with her mother, Sue McCarthy, finding her unresponsive in her bed.