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Scots boy left fighting for life after 'bug' turned out to be deadly side-effect of Covid

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A Scots mother has urged parents to be vigilant after her son’s “sickness bug” turned out to be a rare and deadly side-effect of Covid-19 in children.

Keen athlete Euan Steel, 10, had no underlying health issues when he tested positive for the virus in October, and his only symptom was a mild headache.

But four weeks later he was left fighting for life in the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital with Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome.

The condition, also known as PIMS or PIMS-TS, is a result of the body’s delayed reaction in fighting the virus, causing his immune system to overreact and his internal organs and blood vessels to swell.

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