Long-Haul COVID Symptoms Now Hitting Those Below 20 In US: What We Know indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
One of the few statistical comforts of the otherwise nightmarish COVID-19 pandemic â that it largely spares young people â is fading: The long-haul symptoms that have stricken many U.S. adults are now hitting those under 20.
A relatively small but increasing percentage of children are struggling for months with extreme fatigue, rapid heart rate, memory loss, depression and other symptoms. In one sign of their growing numbers, the UH Rainbow Babies and Childrenâs Hospital in Cleveland is opening a Long Haul Clinic just for young people, the first of its kind in the country.
Families whose children are afflicted are plunged into a terrifying maze of symptoms that come and go, and have no knowable end point. Katie Krol, 42, got the virus from a co-worker at a Michigan engine plant in March 2020 and brought it home to her two youngest children. All three continue to suffer.
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Some families live with anxiety as long-haul COVID afflicts more children
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Dr. Amy Edwards of University Hospitals
One of the few statistical comforts of the otherwise nightmarish COVID-19 pandemic that it largely spares young people is fading: The long-haul symptoms that have stricken many U.S. adults are now hitting those under 20.
A relatively small but increasing percentage of children are struggling for months with extreme fatigue, rapid heart rate, memory loss, depression and other symptoms. In one sign of their growing numbers, the UH Rainbow Babies and Children s Hospital in Cleveland is opening a Long Haul Clinic just for young people, the first of its kind in the country.