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The new symptom that children develop after being infected with Omicron | Israel today

2022-01-09T14:51:18.984Z


The wave of omicrons is hitting the world, and in some places there has been an increase in pediatric hospitalizations: "People aged five and under develop a symptom caused by a viral infection in the respiratory tract" • A doctor from the University of West Virginia: "We must prepare for large numbers of children in hospitals"


Since the outbreak of the omicron wave around the world, there has been an increase in some places in pediatric hospitalizations infected with the corona virus, in part because it is a population many parts of which are not eligible for the vaccine.

It also turns out that the omicron apparently also affects children, who develop a symptom that until now has not been attributed to the corona virus - a cropped cough, which sounds like a bark, due to the viral infection caused by the airways.

While this symptom is no more dangerous than the others associated with the virus, it seems to be recognizable with increasing frequency among children under the age of five (which is the continual requirement for vaccination).

"Small children's airways are so narrow, so it does not take much inflammation to clog them," said Buddy Krich, a senior pediatric infectious disease physician at Vanderbilt University in the United States. "When the airways become narrower, all "The child's breathing may lead to a cough that sounds like a bark," he added.

US Hospital // Photo: AFP,

Although they have not yet been able to clearly attribute a link between the omicron and the cough cough, the accumulation of cases indicating airway swelling in children infected with the virus leaves little doubt, although it is a symptom that usually goes away on its own or can be treated relatively easily.

In recent days, U.S. authorities have noted that the omicron, while no more dangerous than the Delta in terms of its ability to cause severe symptoms in infected people, has developed an unparalleled rate of infection since the onset of the epidemic. If they came for infection with the virus or for some other reason, and only then were they identified as positive - unprecedented.

The bottom line is that very soon many children are likely to suffer from airway swelling and croup cough, so be prepared for congestion in the relevant wards in the hospitals.

"We are still two to three weeks before the peak of the omicron wave, and the smart thing to do is to prepare for more cases of children suffering from respiratory infections," said Dr. Saif al-Katrana of the University of West Virginia, a pediatric pulmonologist.

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Source: israelhayom

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