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Beth Cruse & Ryan Fahey

Teenager 'nearly died' after being told huge lump on eye was likely a symptom of Covid

A teenage girl "could have died" after doctors misdiagnosed a huge swelling on her eye as a Covid symptom.

Bonnie Ghent, 13, from Hartcliffe in Bristol, was eventually told the build-up of fluid was caused by a life-threatening infection that had spread through her head and was rotting her skull.

The swelling, which her parents initially thought was conjunctivitis, started showing around the time she tested positive for coronavirus on Boxing Day.

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