Teen who was misdiagnosed with long-Covid given devastating diagnosis
07.08.2022 - 12:35
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A teenager who was misdiagnosed with long-Covid was given a heart-breaking diagnosis after making a trip from Crewe to Blackpool for a football tournament. Kane Allcock, 15, started suffering from persistent headaches after he tested positive for Covid on New Year's Eve last year.
The migraines had been linked to the virus after mum Nicki took him to A&E and a local clinic where he was prescribed pain-killing drugs for vertigo. On the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, the family made their way up to Blackpool from Crewe where the budding footballer was due to play a tournament with his teammates at Crewe Alexandra.
When they arrived, Kane was unwell and went straight to bed. The next day, they were told again that he was suffering from post-Covid vertigo. It was then that Nicki "lost her patience" with medical professionals, admitting Kane to hospital overnight for further tests.
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The next day, Kane was diagnosed with acute hydrocephalus - a build-up of pressure on the brain caused by excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Doctors had also found a large tumour and Kane was rushed to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool for emergency surgery.
Nicki said Kane had been in "agony" when his headaches became worse and he began being sick and struggled to walk due to dizziness, reports LancsLive. After losing her patience with medical professionals, a brain scan uncovered a large tumour on Kane's brain.
The youth team player at Crewe Alexandra survived the procedure and has made a full recovery, but Nicki said he was only saved after a nurse realised the severity of his symptoms. She said: “I knew something wasn’t right. Kane was holding his
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