‘It’s terrifying’: parents’ struggle to get help for children with long Covid

Lack of research into area means children are being sent away from A&E and parents told they are overanxious

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On Christmas Day, Gail Jackson's 16-year-old daughter said she was in so much pain she thought she would die. Liliana had been briefly admitted to hospital with Covid in September. Her symptoms never went away and, as time went on, new ones had emerged.

For months she had a relentless, agonising headache, nausea, tinnitus, fatigue and insomnia, but the worst thing was the agonising nerve pain," said Jackson. I couldn't even touch her without her screaming in pain."