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Phoebe Fuller & Neil Shaw

Student paramedic, 18, died of clot two weeks after having Covid vaccine

An 18-year-old died two weeks after having her Covid vaccination when a blood clot caused a 'thunder clap' headache. Kasey Turner was admitted to hospital two weeks after having the AstraZeneca vaccine.

An inquest this week heard her severe and sudden headache was the result of a thrombosis in her sinus cavity. Kasey was admitted to Barnsley Hospital's A&E department on the morning of September 23, 2021 with the "worst headache" that she had ever experienced. Partly because of a low platelet count in her blood doctors ruled out a brain hemorrhage.

But the student paramedic, was actually suffering from a cerebral venous thrombosis - a blood clot in the sinus cavity - which had been brought on as a result of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Her inquest found doctors at Barnsley Hospital had "missed opportunities" to diagnose the fatal clot, reports YorkshireLive.

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