Long COVID symptoms in children

BACK TO NORMAL IN ABOUT TWOWEEKS.

BUT THERE ARE A NUMBEROF PATIENTS WHO STRUGGLE WITHTHOSE SYMPTOMS FOR MONTHS.WMAR-2 NEWS IS LIVE OUTSIDEKENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE...MARK -- THESE PATIENTS HAVECOME TO BE KNOWN AS LONGHAULERS.MANY PARENTS HAVE QUESTIONSAND CONCERNS ABOUT LONG HAULSYMPTOMS IN THEIR KIDS.

TO GETANSWERS -- WE ASKED A DOCTORHERE AT KENNEDY KRIEGERINSTITUTE WHICH HAS A CLINICDEDICATED TO TREATING KIDSWITH THOSE SYMPTOMS THAT NEVSEEM TO GO AWAY.PATIENTS WITH LONG-LASTINGCOVID SYMPTOMS ARE KNOWN ASLONG-HAULERS BUT THERE'S STILLA LOT DOCTORS DON'T KNOW ABOUTTHIS DISEASE.

It hasn'texactly been set by the CDC,how long the symptoms need tolast for, some say threemonths, some say a month, andso to be conservative I wouldsay there's no reason to notreach out if you're havingsymptoms longer than a monthDOCTORS AT KENNEDY KRIEGERINSTITUTE'S PEDIATRIC POSTCOVID-19 REHABILITATION CLINICARE DEDICATED TO TREATINGTHOSE LONG-HAUL PATIENTS.PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST DR.LAURA MALONE NOTES RESEARCHERSHAVE YET TO DETERMINE WHYCOVID STRIKES SOME CHILDRENWORSE THAN OTHERS.

I wish Iknew the answer to that, we'reworking with other hospitalsand institutions across thecountry to try and understandthat PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITHPRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS --ALREADY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUTCOVID -- BUT DR. MALONEDOESN'T WANT TO SPECULATE IFTHAT MAKES KIDS MORESUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING LONG-HAULERS.

We just don't knowyet, I think that we arealways worried about peoplethat have lung conditions suchas asthma with any respiratoryillness, but by and large,we're not seeing that everychild that has thoseconditions are the ones whoend up having persistentsymptoms, so it's vary variedright now MEANWHILE -- THELONG-TERM EFFECTS OF COVID ONTHE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OFCHILDREN AS THEY MATURE INTOADULTHOOD ALSO REMAIN UNKNOWN.everything that we know sofar, we have every reason tobelieve that this is somethingthat is temporary and wouldn'totherwise affect theirdevelopment, but we don't knowthat quite yet SO -- HOW -MUCH - LONGER CAN PARENTS ANDCHILDREN EXPECT THOSELONG-HAUL SYMPTOMS TO LAST?it's very varied, some peoplefeel like they are feelingbetter after a month or two,if they are experiencing longcovid type of symptoms, someare still having difficulty upto six months or even longer,and so it depends on thepatient and what symptomsthey're experiencing and Ithink that's why we reallywant to try and understandwhat are some of theunderlying patho- physiologythat's causing this, in orderto help figure out a plan foreach of those subsets ofpatientsFOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSTCOVID CLINIC FOR KIDS HERE ATTHE KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE-- LOOK FOR THIS STORY ON OURWEBSITE -- WMAR-2 NEWS DOTCOM.

LIVE IN EAST BALTIMORE --MARK ROPER -- WMAR 2