Teen receives devastating diagnosis after sledge fall sparks agonising back pain – The Mirror
Aidan Hogg, from Edinburgh, was 15 when he began experiencing back pain in February 2021 and was prescribed antibiotics by his doctor for a misdiagnosed kidney infection
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A teenager suffering from back pains was diagnosed with cancerous tumours after a fall prompted him to visit the doctors.
Aidan Hogg, 16, began experiencing back pain af…….
Aidan Hogg, from Edinburgh, was 15 when he began experiencing back pain in February 2021 and was prescribed antibiotics by his doctor for a misdiagnosed kidney infection
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Image: Mercury Press & Media Ltd.)
A teenager suffering from back pains was diagnosed with cancerous tumours after a fall prompted him to visit the doctors.
Aidan Hogg, 16, began experiencing back pain after he fell off a sledge in February 2021.
The schoolboy from Edinburgh was just 15 when his lower back started aching, and after doing a urine test, doctor’s prescribed antibiotics for a misdiagnosed kidney infection.
But not long after Aidan lost all feeling within his legs, and unable to stand or walk alone – he was rushed to a hospital where MRI tests revealed cancerous tumours on his spinal cord.
Now 11 months on, Aidan is in remission and learning how to walk again.
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Aidan said: “We’d had some snow, and I enjoyed myself going out sledging.
“It had been icy and foggy, so I ended up coming off the sledge.
“Not long after, I started getting pains in my lower back so I assumed it was from the fall.
“It didn’t go away so I went to the doctors who gave me antibiotics for a kidney infection, they never really helped, or made much of a difference.”
Aidan’s health took a turn for the worse in March last year, when he lost the ability to walk and all feeling within his legs.
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Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/teen-receives-devastating-diagnosis-after-25880700