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GRANVILLE There may be light at the end of the tunnel for Granville High School junior Drew Coffey, light being a key word, after what has been a five-month ordeal.
Photophobia, or sensitivity to light, is one of just several debilitating symptoms the 16-year-old developed after being diagnosed with long COVID, a range of symptoms that can last weeks or months after first being infected with the virus which causes COVID-19. It has totally changed the life for him and his parents, but he has improved with treatment, and help is on the way for others.
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital in Cleveland plans to open a new clinic just for pediatric patients in August, and would be the first in the country. Dr. Amy Edwards, associate medical director of pediatric infection control at University Hospitals, is already treating Coffey and three others for long COVID, also known as long haul.
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