Parents and doctors need to be on the lookout for symptoms of longCOVID in children and teens, which can easily be missed or misdiagnosed, according to physicians and family groups. MedX
Long COVID most often strikes seniors and adults, but children are also affected, even though they get less attention, new research shows.
Parents and doctors need to be on the lookout for symptoms of long COVID in children and teens that might be easily missed or misdiagnosed, according to physicians and family groups. found that around 16% of pediatric patients with COVID go on to develop symptoms that last more than 3 months — the working definition of long COVID.Diane Sheehan, who lives outside Charlotte, North Carolina, says she was an active person and is now permanently disabled from long COVID. Her teenage son has it too and is still recovering.
The staff at Hackensack Meridian Health, a pediatric long COVID clinic in New Jersey, has been working with area schools to help teachers and school nurses recognize possible long COVID in children and young people. The clinic is one of about a dozen in the US that specializes in pediatric cases.
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