WASHINGTON: Children have largely been spared the worst of Covid-19, but there may be a rare complication - an inflammatory syndrome that one doctor d...
Children have largely been spared the worst of Covid-19, but there may be a rare complication - an inflammatory syndrome that one doctor described as causing patients to feel like “every blood vessel in the body is on fire.”
Data shows that children are overall not at high risk from the virus and accounted for just 0.4 percent of hospitalized cases in the US, according to official data released earlier this month. The first case admitted to his hospital was “three weeks ago,“ and “it has been accelerating for about eight days.”Bonnet’s patients, who range in age from two to 18, have shown a range of “symptoms, including gastrointestinal, respiratory” and also heart trouble.Much in common with the cases seen by Sood: “They’re coming in with sudden drop of blood pressure, or shock, sudden decrease in heart muscle function, which is myocarditis” - though most of his patients are teens.
He knew the girl had been in quarantine and was unlikely to have contracted the rare bacteria that causes TSS. Both doctors reported that all the patients have favorable outcomes - even though some of Bonnet’s needed intensive care. None of Sood’s patients have died, even though some remain hospitalized.It’s not yet possible to know for certain whether the virus is actually causing this.
“It could well be that this virus drives the same inflammatory response that other viruses drive in Kawasaki disease,“ said Sood.
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