Coronavirus UK: Woman’s immune system fluid ‘crushed her heart’
A mother-of-three was left fighting for her life after Covid-19 ‘crushed her heart’ with fluid and prevented it from pumping blood around her body. Gillian Escott, from Basingstoke, suffered a pericardial effusion, which causes excess fluid to clog up the sac surrounding the heart, known as the pericardium. A test in A&E confirmed she was sick … Read more