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Child after COVID - no longer just PIMS, now also PASC

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published March 24, 2023 10:07

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To date, the only known consequence of Covid-19 infection in children has been PIMS, an acute and potentially dangerous generalized inflammatory syndrome caused by immune dysregulation that can lead to cardiac complications. Symptoms in the form of primarily high fever, signs of damage to at least two organs or systems, and high laboratory exponents of inflammation occurred about 4 weeks after symptomatic or asymptomatic infection in children averaging 8-9 years of age, primarily in boys.

The use of effective treatment allowed rapid recovery in most patients, although about ...

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PIMS / PASC / COVID-19 / pediatria

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