CHILDREN SURVIVE COVIT-19 LIGHTER THAN ADULTS
Expert. Dr. Yeşim Çınar Yakar said, "The data obtained so far is that children (except those with chronic diseases) overcome the coronavirus with milder symptoms than adults because there are fewer receptors for the coronavirus to attach to in their lower respiratory tract."
Medicana Samsun Hospital Child Health and Diseases Specialist Dr. Yeşim Çınar Yakar gave information about the impact of the covit-19 epidemic on children.
“COMMON FEVER, FATIGUE AND HEADACHE APPEAR IN CHILDREN”
Medicana Samsun Hospital Child Health and Diseases Specialist Dr. said that children are mainly affected by the upper respiratory tract (nose, mouth and throat) during the Covid-19 epidemic process. Yeşim Çınar Yakar said, “For this reason, they do not have access to the lower respiratory tract, that is, the lungs, and the pneumonia and life-threatening Sars symptoms that we see in adult patients are not frequently encountered in them. In studies conducted on 198 children who were positive for Covid-19, 55% had fatigue, 54% had headache, and almost half had fever symptoms. However, sore throat, skin rashes and diarrhea are among other common symptoms. "In short, the most common coronavirus symptoms in children are fever, fatigue and headache," he said.
BEWARE OF MIS-C DISEASE
Expert Dr. Yeşim Çınar Yakar said, “MIS-C (multisystem inflammatory syndrome) can be seen after 2-6 weeks in children who have a silent or very mild coronavirus infection. MIS-C is an important disease that must be diagnosed with tests performed in the hospital and treated quickly. "It does not occur in every child who has Covid-19, there are many unknown factors, especially genetics, as to which child will develop it. What is known is that Covid 19 triggers the factors in the formation of MIS-C disease in predisposed children," he said.
MIS-C SYMPTOMS;
-resistant fever lasting more than 24 hours.
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-shedding swelling and bruising
-severe abdominal pain
-chest pain
-muscle and joint pain
-redness of the eyes (conjunctivitis)
-involvement of mucous membranes
-respiratory problems (rapid breathing, difficulty breathing)
-peeling of the skin of the hands and feet
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