♦️#Long #COVID♦️not only affects adults but also #children.
While many people recover quickly from COVID, some don't, experiencing symptoms that can last for #months or #years.
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association sheds light on the effect a #coronavirus infection can have on #children over a longer period.
“In school-aged children, we heard commonly that children were experiencing trouble with their #memory, focusing, #headaches, having trouble #sleeping,
... Show more...♦️#Long #COVID♦️not only affects adults but also #children.
While many people recover quickly from COVID, some don't, experiencing symptoms that can last for #months or #years.
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association sheds light on the effect a #coronavirus infection can have on #children over a longer period.
“In school-aged children, we heard commonly that children were experiencing trouble with their #memory, focusing, #headaches, having trouble #sleeping, and stomach #pain,” Gross told Salon.
“And in the teenagers, we were hearing about symptoms related to fatigue and pain, having body or muscle or joint pain, being very tired or sleepy, having low energy, as well as having trouble with memory and focusing.”
A unique symptom the researchers saw in the teenage group was changes in or a #loss of #smell or #taste.
Additionally, researchers found clusters of symptoms that are unique to school-aged children and teenagers. The first were symptoms that 🆘 affect every organ system in the body.🆘
“These are the children with the highest burden of symptoms,” Gross said, adding that caregivers described these children as having a 😨“lower quality of life and more impact on their overall health.”
“The second type of long COVID we also saw across both the ages was predominantly characterized by fatigue and pain.”
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New research sheds light on the growing burden of pediatric long COVID while it continues to be ignored
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