Woman initially dismisses excessive yawning as Covid symptom, later diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease

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After experiencing excessive yawning following her Covid infection, Nickie Davies was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), a progressive and incurable condition affecting the brain and nerves.

Nickie initially put the symptom down to Covid After Nickie Davies, from West Kirby, had Covid in January last year, she noticed she was yawning more regularly than usual. The 47-year-old initially put this down to exhaustion or the ‘aftermath’ of the virus, but after 10 days it persisted and she was yawning continuously – up to ‘100 times a day’. Speaking to the ECHO, Nickie said: ‘Roll on to July and August, the yawning was still there.

Since the diagnosis, MND has impacted Nickie’s speech, meaning she has had to go off sick from the job she loves and finds socialising hard. She said: ‘Eating is a struggle, so I have to watch what I eat because my tongue doesn’t work properly. I can’t move food around easily which could cause choking episodes and drinking is even worse. The likelihood of me getting a peg feeding tube fitted sooner than later as this disease progresses.

 

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