Children who have covid twice are doubled from the risk of experienceing long covids, which often have a weakened situation.
Conclusion, published on Tuesday, Challenging the notion that the Kovid cases in children are “mild”, as well as the assumption that there is no risk of long covids similar to the first obtaining infections.
The second infection leaves children at an increased risk of pain, fatigue, headache, abnormal heartbeat and kidney damage, as well as two potentially life-threatening physical conditions: myocarditis and blood clots.
Risk of myocarditis of a child – inflammation of the heart muscle that can weaken the organ or even fatal – three times after a second covid infection, and they were more than double the possibility of obtaining blood clots.
Myocarditis, While rareThe most common condition associated with Long Kovid is among young people, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, N&Wart H. Luri Children’s Hospital of Chicago and dozens of institutions across the country, which were involved in the study.
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The findings are based on the electronic health records of more than 465,000 children and adolescents in the US. The records were recorded from January 2022-October 2023, when Omikron was a major version spread across the country.
The study connects the growing body of research on long covids, which doctors are still working to fully understand. The condition affects About 6 million children in americaAnd More than 17 million adults,
Long covids may be unable to get out of bed once-unable to get out of bed or may be unable to carry with normal activities due to symptoms such as fat, brain fog, chest and muscle pain. overall, More than 200 long covid symptoms have been identified and can remain infection Month or year, and bring A high risk of death,
Long covid Children are more likely to be after a serious infectionFormer studies have shown. Children who receive long covids are also At high risk about others Like anxiety, depression and trouble in sleeping.
The next step in national research has to look at the long -term health records, and analyze what the new variants have long -term risk.
Kovid cases are Decreased In America after a late summer increase. Has been hospitalized since August, according to which CDC data,
But as -as it enters the country, advice on covid vaccines for children is causing confusion.
Earlier this year, Trump Administration Covid shots approved only for high risk peopleAnd health officer No recommendation now Covid vaccine for healthy children. Till then, vaccines were available to any person aged six months and above, regardless of their health.
The American Academy of Pediatrics advised against the decision of the Trump administration, stating that any obstruction in Kovid vaccine would be dangerous for children and their families.
Dr. Susan Kesali, President of AAP, President of AAP, “respiratory diseases for infants and children can be especially risky for infants and children, whose airways and lungs are small and are still developing,” Said.
Researchers behind the new study also say that their findings increase the case for the child’s vaccination.
The results of this study support one of the strongest reasons that I give to patients, families and physicians about vaccinating: more vaccines should be infection, which should make a short -term covid, “Dr. Ravi Jhaveri, An and Robert H. Luri Ho. Said.