COVID SCIENCE: Long lasting COVID-19 effects seen in children

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<p>"Long COVID" - a term that refers to effects of the virus that linger for weeks or months - may be a problem for children, too, a small study suggests. </p><p>Doctors at a large Italian hospital tracked 129 children and teens with COVID-19 who were otherwise generally healthy. </p><p>At an average of about five months after their diagnosis, only about 42% had completely recovered. </p><p>Roughly one in three youngsters still had one or two symptoms and more than one in five had three or more, according to a report posted on Tuesday on medRxiv ahead of peer review. </p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/22/20/what-we-know-about-the-covid-related-syndrome-affecting-children'>What we know about the COVID-related syndrome affecting children</a></li>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/16/20/who-probes-possible-coronavirus-link-to-rare-disease-in-children'>WHO probes possible coronavirus link to rare disease in children</a></li>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/13/20/rethinking-covid-19-in-children'>Rethinking COVID-19 in children</a></li></ul><p>The most common persistent problems were insomnia (reported by 18.6%), respiratory symptoms including pain and chest tightness (14.7%), nasal congestion (12.4%), fatigue (10.8%), muscle pain (10.1%), joint pain (6.9%), and concentration difficulties (10.1%). </p><p>Although these issues were more common in children who had been obviously sick, they also developed in infected youths with few or no symptoms initially. </p><p>There is increasing evidence that restrictive measures aimed at curbing the pandemic are significantly impacting childrens' mental health, the researchers acknowledge. </p><p>Still, their findings suggest, the potential long-term effects COVID-19 can have on children should be considered when developing measures to reduce the impact of the pandemic on their overall health. </p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/iGmvgHUBgNM?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div>

<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/22/20/what-we-know-about-the-covid-related-syndrome-affecting-children'>What we know about the COVID-related syndrome affecting children</a></li>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/16/20/who-probes-possible-coronavirus-link-to-rare-disease-in-children'>WHO probes possible coronavirus link to rare disease in children</a></li>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/05/13/20/rethinking-covid-19-in-children'>Rethinking COVID-19 in children</a></li></ul><p>The most common persistent problems were insomnia (reported by 18.6%), respiratory symptoms including pain and chest tightness (14.7%), nasal congestion (12.4%), fatigue (10.8%), muscle pain (10.1%), joint pain (6.9%), and concentration difficulties (10.1%). </p><p>Although these issues were more common in children who had been obviously sick, they also developed in infected youths with few or no symptoms initially. </p><p>There is increasing evidence that restrictive measures aimed at curbing the pandemic are significantly impacting childrens' mental health, the researchers acknowledge. </p><p>Still, their findings suggest, the potential long-term effects COVID-19 can have on children should be considered when developing measures to reduce the impact of the pandemic on their overall health. </p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/iGmvgHUBgNM?enablejsapi=1' width='560'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>At an average of about five months after their diagnosis, only about 42% had completely recovered. </p><p>Roughly one in three youngsters still had one or two symptoms and more than one in five had three or more, according to a report posted on Tuesday on medRxiv ahead of peer review. </p>

<p>"Long COVID" - a term that refers to effects of the virus that linger for weeks or months - may be a problem for children, too, a small study suggests. </p><p>Doctors at a large Italian hospital tracked 129 children and teens with COVID-19 who were otherwise generally healthy. </p>

<p>"Long COVID" - a term that refers to effects of the virus that linger for weeks or months - may be a problem for children, too, a small study suggests. </p>

"Long COVID" - a term that refers to effects of the virus that linger for weeks or months - may be a problem for children, too, a small study suggests.

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