Severe acute hepatitis in children: investigate SARS-CoV-2 superantigens
Severe acute hepatitis in children: investigate SARS-CoV-2 superantigens
Eric Topol on Twitter
Thread A solid hypothesis for the basis of the mysterious, severe acute hepatitis in children: superantigen formation from prior Covid viral reservoir in the GI tract with superimposed adenovirus infection https://thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(22)00166-2/fulltext @LancetGastroHep
Farid Jalali, MD on Twitter
Conversation now with the mother of a child who got COVID a month ago, had to go to ER for fluids, and now slowly recovering with a huge setback yesterday:
“But he’s only 11. Why is this happening to him?”
Please keep your children safe.
Masks and vaccines are not lockdowns.
Prof Jeremy Nicholson: the link between Long Covid and heart disease
one in 100 kids get MIS-C / PIMS after Covid infection???
"Harvard University on paediatric Covid-19 has found about 1 percent of children are developing a related disease called multiple inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)"
Farid Jalali, MD on Twitter
Thread A detailed 🧵 on the alarming rise in cases of acute liver failure in healthy children:
Media + scientific bodies have placed undue emphasis on Adenovirus infection as the leading culprit in such cases of liver failure.
Let us see if this claim holds water [short answer: No!]
2021
COVID-19 Associated Hepatitis in Children (CAH-C) during the second wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Central India: Is it a complication or transient phenomenon.
Chris Turnbull on Twitter
Thread 1/ Covid: Study from India shows 'sudden rise' in children with Hepatitis after 'mild' and asymptomatic infections as UKHSA claims that the sudden rise in Hep in kids in the UK is due to a common cold virus. Kids developed Hep after mild and asymptomatic infections.
1 death, 17 liver transplants in multi-country outbreak of hepatitis in children, WHO says | CNN
1 death, 17 liver transplants in multi-country outbreak of hepatitis in children, WHO says
Everything you need to know about the hepatitis outbreak among children
Everything You Need to Know About the Hepatitis Outbreak Among Children
BBC London on Twitter
Tillie caught Covid back in December 2020 and is now living with long Covid. She now wants to support other families in a similar situation. @tilliesjourney
Read more on long Covid...https://bbc.in/3tMuc5D
#covid #longcovid #longcovidkids
‘Exhausting & Painful'. Children & Young People Describe Their Long Covid
‘Exhausting & Painful'. Children & Young People Describe Their Long Covid
1 in 4 symptomatic children hit by long COVID, says new study
1 in 4 symptomatic children get long COVID, a new study finds. March 2022
MaskTogetherAmerica on Twitter
Thread A new preprint study shows a quarter of children and teens who contract COVID-19 and have symptoms develop lingering problems, such as fatigue, sleep disorders, breathing issues, heart issues, and gastrointestinal issues. (@TheMethodistHospital)
Jerome Adams on Twitter
Thread Todays IDK who needs to hear this:
Children under age 5 (ie those both ineligible for vaccinations, and most unable to wear a well fitted mask) have a higher death rate than older kids from the virus. They account for 15% of pediatric Covid cases but 35% of pediatric deaths.
Dr. Deepti Gurdasani on Twitter
Thread ONS data on long COVID out today very concerning -persistent symptoms affecting daily life affect a significant proportion of primary & 2ndary school age children -clear impact on children's wellbeing 🧵
COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey, England - Office for National Statistics
COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey, England: mental health and long COVID, November to December 2021
Long Covid Kids - #LongCovidKids on Twitter
Thread Happening right now💥
Please join @WHO for a webinar on #LongCovid #LongCovidKids
🧠 Neurology up now 🧠
Cognitive impairment…Psychological manifestations following Covid-19 infection
How children are being affected by long Covid
How children are being affected by long Covid
Cleavon MD 💉 💉 💉 on Twitter
Thread 1,346 children have died from COVID. 434 of these kids were too young to get vaccinated. 10,000s critically ill but survived. 6,000 suffered life threatening multisystem inflammatory syndrome. Several suffer from Long Covid. #GetVaccinated #MaskUp https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographics
Eric Feigl-Ding on Twitter
Thread When over half of kids & half of young adults have gotten #COVID19–#LongCovid impact for years to come will be crazy high. That’s both physical illness, mental illness, cognitive deficits, and ballooning healthcare costs. Mark my works—we will regret “let it rip”. #CovidIsNotOver
Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz on Twitter
Thread ‘According to the Government of Canada re #LongCovidKids
“About 58% of children had 1 or more symptoms 4 weeks or more after their initial COVID-19 infection.” ‘
Huge numbers of children are becoming Covid "long-haulers"
The kids are not alright: Data suggests 10% of children with COVID-19 become "long-haulers" January 2022
Clinical features of pediatric post-acute COVID-19: a descriptive retrospective follow-up study - Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Clinical features of pediatric post-acute COVID-19: a descriptive retrospective follow-up study August 2021
TashiLousie on Twitter
Little girl with rash 4 weeks after covid, nothing helping. The covid patient groups are full of these- new onset allergies & MCAS diagnoses.
Children with long covid
Children with long covid:
“Almost half of children who contract covid-19 may have lasting symptoms,” Known in March 2021
Symptoms to watch for as 10% of secondary pupils suffer long Covid
Symptoms to watch for as 10% of secondary pupils suffer long Covid
11% of Israeli children infected with virus suffer from 'long COVID'
As of September 2021, after the Western world said to unmask, 11% of Israeli children who have had Covid now have Long Covid.
Fauci Warns of Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 in Young People
“We’d better be careful when we say, ‘Young people who don’t wind up in the hospital are fine, let them get infected, it’s OK.’ No, it’s not OK." -
No, we can’t treat COVID-19 like the flu. We have to consider the lasting health problems it causes
No, we can’t treat COVID-19 like the flu. We have to consider the lasting health problems it causes July 2021
Long covid: One in seven children may still have symptoms 15 weeks after infection, data show
Long covid: One in seven children may still have symptoms 15 weeks after infection, data show