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Children With Covid Inflammatory Syndrome May Overcome Their Most Serious Symptoms
A small study found that six months after hospitalization, most children with MIS-C did not have debilitating health issues. But some had lingering muscle weakness and emotional difficulties.
The study observed 46 children who were treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London for MIS-C. After six months most serious physical symptoms had resolved, but some children still had muscle weakness or emotional difficulties.Credit.Justin Tallis/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
May 24, 2021Updated 9:00 p.m. ET
Children who get sick from the rare but serious Covid-related inflammatory syndrome may surmount their most significant symptoms within six months, but they may still have muscle weakness and emotional difficulties at that time, a new small study suggests.