Schoolgirl dies from mind blood clot weeks after beginning contraceptive tablet

A 16-year-old woman tragically died from a blood clot lower than three weeks after beginning the contraceptive tablet.

Layla Khan, from Immingham, Lincolnshire, collapsed at dwelling after struggling extreme ache and was rushed to hospital the place docs found the clot.

Despite present process an operation at Hull Royal Infirmary, Layla sadly handed away on December 13. Her aunt, Jenna Braithwaite, expressed the household’s devastation, saying: “Words cannot even, we will not even say the phrases about how devastated our household are, we have solely only in the near past misplaced my Nana.

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“With it being so near Christmas as properly, it is a time for celebration and it sucks all of the Christmas spirit out of you.”

Layla had began faculty and was taking the contraceptive tablet to assist with painful menstrual cycles. She started experiencing complications and vomiting inside 10 days of beginning the remedy.

Jenna mentioned: “On the Sunday night (December 10), she was being sick, a lot. She was basically vomiting every 30 minutes. On the Monday morning, they took her to the GP.

“Even although she was being sick the entire time she was on the GP, they gave her anti-sickness tablets and advised her that they thought it was a abdomen bug. They mentioned there have been no pink flags to go to the hospital, [but] to go on Wednesday if it continued.”

However, Layla began screaming in ache that very same Monday night. She mentioned the ache was “all over”. Jenna and Layla’s mum determined to hurry her to the hospital, however she collapsed within the rest room they usually needed to carry her to the automotive.

She grew to become more and more unresponsive. At the Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, a CT scan revealed a blood clot in her mind. Layla underwent surgical procedure at Hull Royal, however was later pronounced mind useless.

Jenna added: “The fact that they said there were no red flags and then a day later she’s brain dead, it’s incomprehensible. It’s just such a shock. The family’s absolutely devastated.”

Layla’s household made the courageous resolution to donate her organs. They’ve been advised that this has saved 5 lives simply earlier than Christmas, one thing Jenna says is “amazing”.

Jenna’s daughter, Alicia Binns, has began a GoFundMe to assist Layla’s household with Christmas simply across the nook. Alicia shared: “She was only 16-years-old when her life was unexpectedly taken. She was beautiful and intelligent, loved and cherished by so many people, and had her whole life ahead of her.”

“The family is absolutely devastated, and we would like to help raise as much as possible to help with funeral costs to give Layla the best send-off possible, like she deserves.

“She was the oldest little one and princess of the household, and she or he deserves the very best as a result of she was the very best. Along with serving to the household at this tough time, particularly this near Christmas, each little helps.”

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