A young Scots mum has tragically died after a '10 day headache' resulted in a catastrophic bleed on the brain. Siobhan McDermid, from Edinburgh, passed away on April 29 after medics discovered a thrombotic blood clot near her ear.
The 36-year-old had been complaining of a sore head and neck for several days but was sent home from A&E with painkillers. The mum-of-one’s condition continued to get worse as she began vomiting and experiencing blurred vision.
She was rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh by ambulance and transferred to the ICU where medics attempted to break up the clot with blood thinning medication as surgery wasn’t an option due to its tricky location.
