LCK In The News

"Life goes on for lots of people, but it has sort of stood still for us in some respects"
Freya was an active, sporty girl until she contracted Covid. "I get backache, headaches, rashes, sometimes I get tinnitus, tired all the time," she said.
Dr Avanish Tantry said at present the clinics were about helping families manage the symptoms.
"I feel like we've really got some positive help" Freya's Mum, Emma,said.

A 10-year-old girl, who was left unable to walk unaided after testing positive for Covid, has completed laps of her garden without help.
Emily, from Yeovil in Somerset, needed a walking aid to complete laps of her garden for months after the virus left her in extreme pain.

Kitty contracted COVID-19 in March 2020. To this day she is still struggling.
Her mother Sammie, who went on to found Long COVID Kids, an international charity based in the United Kingdom, voices concern about the lack of recognition for long COVID in young people.
Sammie's charity, Long COVID Kids, has been calling for biomedical research and a focus on prevention.

Libby's fundraiser, The Big Push is to raise money for the charity Long Covid Kids, who have supported her.
"We wanted to do something positive as a fundraiser"
Mum Helen said "A lot of people don't understand long Covid and don't understand why she's in a wheelchair if she can physically walk. She just can't walk for that long."

Dr Anna Brookes, LCK Champion, says urgent research into Long Covid in children needs to be prioritised.
"The last four months have been a rollercoaster for 14-year-old Jaime Warrington and her family.
After a school trip in April she got Covid-19. Weeks later the extreme fatigue was still lingering... Then things deteriorated even further."