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It has been evident for some time that post-COVID conditions, also known as prolonged COVID, are more noticeable in adults than in children, but the true occurrence of prolonged COVID in children was unknown. However, a new foreign study has nevertheless shed light on the number of children with prolonged COVID and pediatric COVID patients at higher risk.
Researchers at the University of Calgary in Canada tested knowledge collected from 36 emergency departments in 8 countries. Families of 1,884 young people who tested positive for COVID while in the emergency room were contacted 90 days later and asked about post-COVID situations, explained as “persistent. “, new or recurrent symptoms or fitness problems” related to the condition that brought them to the emergency department.
Overall, 5. 8% of young people who tested positive for COVID reported post-COVID conditions. 14 years of age and older.
Approximately 9. 8% of youth who were hospitalized for 48 hours or more reported post-COVID problems, while 4. 6% of those who were discharged from the emergency room reported post-COVID problems. The researchers also found that young people who were hospitalized and had “severe outcomes” within 14 days were more likely to report symptoms 90 days later than hospitalized children with a less severe illness.
The most commonly reported symptom in children is fatigue or weakness, followed by coughing and shortness of breath or shortness of breath. All of these symptoms are also commonly reported in adults suffering from post-COVID conditions.
“Our findings suggest that guidance and follow-up is needed, especially for young people with the greatest threat of covid for a long time,” Dr. Stephen Freedman, the study’s principal investigator, said in a statement.
“Our localization that children who initially had multiple COVID-19 symptoms had an increased risk of contracting a lasting COVID is consistent with studies in adults,” said Dr. Todd Florin, co-principal investigator of the study.
“Unfortunately, there are no known treatments for prolonged COVID in children and more study is needed in this area,” Florin said. “However, if symptoms are important, symptom-targeted treatment is most important. “
It should be noted that all of the children enrolled in the study were taken to the emergency room, so they are more likely to have had severe symptoms. It is also possible that some children were taken to the emergency room for an unrelated factor and tested positive for COVID during their stay. However, the study shows that children who were sicker, as indicated by their hospitalization or the number of symptoms they reported, were more likely to report post-COVID situations 90 days later.
The researchers followed a separate organization of youth who were notified in the emergency room but tested negative for COVID, and some of those young people (5% of those hospitalized and 2. 7% of those discharged from the emergency room) also reported symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, and shortness of breath. 90 days after being noticed in the emergency room.
Data from the study shows that post-COVID situations like those were reported about twice in children who tested positive for COVID, compared to children who tested negative.
Through this study, “we could be waiting for which children are at risk for covid for a long time,” Dr. Brown told HuffPost. Candice Jones, a qualified pediatrician who is not affiliated with the study.
Jones also noted that the rate of post-COVID-19 situations in young people the researchers discovered is well below the rate in adult patients.
In addition to washing hands and wearing masks, vaccination protects young children from all COVID-related risks. COVID vaccines are now available to all children over the age of 6 months. Millions of children in the United States have won COVID vaccines, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics note are effective.
“We know that vaccination can save you from COVID infection, save you from serious illness, save you from hospitalization and death, thereby minimizing the threat of the child having prolonged COVID,” Jones said.
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