Doctor Pozdnyakov: children after COVID show multisystem inflammatory syndrome that the latest outbreaks of coronavirus infection showed that children, as well as adults, began to get sick more often and more severely. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
The specialist emphasized that unpleasant consequences, such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome, can appear in children weeks after recovery. “Most likely, AIM in children is a variant of a cytokine storm, but it manifests itself not during, but 1-4 weeks after the illness,” he said.
Pozdnyakov added that most often the coronavirus itself in these children the course was mild or “subclinical”. The doctor added that a possible reason for its development is the body's hyperimmune reaction to the infection, only, in comparison with adult patients, delayed in time.
According to the infectious disease specialist, the multisystem inflammatory syndrome is characterized by the rapid onset of fever with an increase in body temperature up to 38.5, which is poorly confused with antipyretic drugs, as well as symptoms of intoxication. The doctor added that in half of the patients, various types of rashes appear, lymph nodes enlarge and blood pressure decreases.
The infectious disease specialist emphasized that postcoid syndrome occurs less frequently in children than in adults. Most often this is manifested by fatigue, sleep disturbances, mood changes, as well as anxiety and fatigue.
Earlier, the Russian immunologist, Ph.D. Nikolay Kryuchkov said that children with severe chronic diseases, including those with immunodeficiency, are more severe carry the coronavirus. Also, children with heart disease, kidney damage, nervous system and cerebral palsy may develop a severe course of coronavirus.