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
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.
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)"
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!]
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.
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.
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
1 in 4 symptomatic children get long COVID, a new study finds. March 2022
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)
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.
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 🧵
Thread Happening right now💥
Please join @WHO for a webinar on #LongCovid #LongCovidKids
🧠 Neurology up now 🧠
Cognitive impairment…Psychological manifestations following Covid-19 infection
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
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
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.” ‘
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 August 2021
Children with long covid:
“Almost half of children who contract covid-19 may have lasting symptoms,” Known in March 2021
No, we can’t treat COVID-19 like the flu. We have to consider the lasting health problems it causes July 2021
