The study's lead researcher lost a son to SIDS 29 years ago.
, with so many kids infected overall, the number exhibiting long-term symptoms is becoming more significant.
found significant variations in the symptoms that children reported, as well as their duration. Six of the 14 studies showed that older patients were more likely to report symptoms of long COVID, and 3 of the studies showed that it was more prevalent among females. In adults, it’s estimated that 30% of people who have COVID will continue to have long-term symptoms.
“I personally believe that this is a very much an undiagnosed issue,” Dr. Sara Kristen Sexson Tejtel, who works at a long Covid pediatric clinic at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston,Further complicating the matter diagnostically, children may develop long COVID symptoms weeks after an asymptomatic COVID infection. When they do come in for treatment, testing may all come back normal even though they are experiencing symptoms.
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