For a decade, YouTuber Alfie Deyes has shared the trials and tribulations of living with acid reflux with his millions of fans—unaware he was actually suffering from a much rarer, and more serious, condition. 'So, when I say that I feel like my food was stuck in my throat, it was literally stuck in my throat. In a new video, he said: ‘Occasionally I’d see comments on the vlogs that were like “Alfie you’re losing weight. The popular YouTuber Alfie Deyes has revealed his battle with acid reflux turned out to be due to a rare swallowing condition‘It basically got to the point over the last three years where I just couldn’t finish meals. Showing the op was a success, he posted a clip from the end of May which showed him eating—and swallowing—normally.