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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Liam Buckler & Douglas Whitbread

Doctors thought teenager had Long Covid but mum's intuition was right

A doctor who thought a teenager had Long Covid turned out to have a brain tumour - after his mum's intuition was right.

Promising footballer, Kane Allcock, 15, started suffering from persistent headaches after he tested positive for coronavirus on New Year’s Eve last year.

His mum Nicki said doctors at A&E and a local clinic said Kane probably had migraines linked to the virus - and prescribed him pain-killing drugs for vertigo.

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