Model with terminal illness triples her weight in three years to become the world's heaviest woman
The 26-year-old from Portugal has cirrhosis of the liver caused by a build-up of excessive iron from blood transfusions which she had to take after being born with thalassaemia
Lilith the Cenobite was diagnosed with terminal hepatic encephalopathy in 2015. It is a complication of cirrhosis of the liver which is mainly caused by a build-up of excessive iron from blood transfusions.
Lilith was born with thalassaemia, a blood disorder characterized by abnormal hemoglobin production which requires regular transfusions. After several years of treatment, the 26-year-old from Azores, Portugal was told she had developed the aforementioned terminal complication.