Even children who were initially asymptomatic can develop long-term problems, from fatigue to brain fog. Here's what parents need to know.
“I have one poor teenager who, months out from her COVID infection, smells feces anytime she’s near meat of any kind,” said Arnaout. “That seems mild, but it can really do a number to one’s appetite and mental wellbeing.”Long-haul COVID is a syndrome — a group of symptoms that often occur together — so it’s not something that can be diagnosed with a test.Furthermore, children can develop long-term symptoms even if they initially had no symptoms, or just very mild symptoms.
“The definition of ‘long COVID’ is still being decided. We definitely know children can have symptoms for as long as four weeks, and that’s actually fairly normal,” Lumeng said, though he noted he was not dismissing how challenging it can be on kids and parents when a child is unwell for weeks on end.“Many children can have symptoms that are prolonged as long as two to three months that eventually resolve. Certainly, that’s distressing to the family. They don’t know what’s going on.
While doctors are heartened by the fact that long-haul COVID in children is a lot less common than they once feared, pediatric cases are surging right now as a result of the more-contagious delta variant. The variant could change the scope and nature of the pandemic for children, so it is more important than ever that parents help keep their children safe by wearing masks, maintaining distance, and making sure that family members who are eligible get vaccinated as soon as possible.
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