The observational study, published recently in the journal Pediatrics, describes 75 children who came to the Boston Children’s Hospital emergency department (ED) with croup and COVID-19 from March 1, 2020 to January 15, 2022. Infection with the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is associated with a common respiratory illness in young children, known as … Read more
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — During the pandemic, people with asthma have worried that their respiratory condition might raise their risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19, but new research findings should calm their fears. After analyzing data from 57 studies that included a total of over 587,000 people, scientists discovered … Read more
Respiratory illnesses can share so many of the same symptoms — a fever, chills, coughing, tiredness, a sore throat, body aches, a headache, and a stuffed nose — so it’s not easy to tell the difference. Source link
In fact, said Morris, in some cases, MIS-A patients “may have multiorgan dysfunction without [any] history of showing symptoms of COVID-19.” Many patients show no ‘typical’ COVID-19 symptoms That speaks to the bewildering nature of MIS-A, Femia said. MIS-A patients are testing positive for COVID-19 antibodies, but absent classic … Read more