Keep an eye out for these five most common long COVID symptoms.
, is when the effects of the virus linger long after someone is sick with it. People who have experienced even mild cases of COVID and made a full recovery have reported their lives dramatically changing due to post-COVID syndrome — including children.analyzing data from 21 COVID studies across Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America found that 1 in 4 children who experienced symptomatic COVID develop long COVID.
The five most common Long COVID symptoms experienced by these participants were mood symptoms , fatigue , sleep disorders , headache , and respiratory symptoms . Kids also experienced a host of other symptoms, including a decrease in concentration and memory, nasal congestion, loss of appetite, and altered sense of smell., its researchers included a large amount of data from peer-reviewed studies. And what all of these studies have made clear is that as elusive as long COVID is, it is very real, and we need to be proactive in how we treat and prevent it.
"Identifying the main signs and symptoms of pediatric long COVID can help diagnose, develop better treatments, create multidisciplinary teams for optimal clinical management, and find risk factors for prevention," study coauthor Sonia Villapol of Houston Methodist Research Institute in TexasAlong with the risk of long COVID, children and teens are also susceptible to a rare-but-life-threatening condition...
, a condition in which different organs like the heart, lungs, brain, kidneys, skin, and eyes can quickly become inflamed and require immediate medical attention.
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