How COVID-19 presents in Children and teens!

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2. How COVID-19 presents in Children and teens! COVID-19 the virus has gone through a lot of mutations and has been able to keep itself thriving and surviving all efforts of man to kill it. It has survived all the efforts of man to eradicate it and stop its onslaught. At the onset, it was a notion that the virus only affected adults, that too, those who have lesser immunity to fight off the virus. It was also believed that the virus did not seem effective against the younger generation due to their stronger immune system and lesser age-related comorbidity. The virus seems to affect the respiratory system of people with the lower immune system due to age factors or due to some underlying medical conditions that affected their self-defense against such viruses. The virus has proved to be growing stronger and the newer variants have infected the body with more subtle symptoms that are not related to the respiratory system. The virus has also become more lethal and has increased the mortality rate of the humans being affected. Its incubation periods have also increased and the ways that you can get infected also has become more generic. It is not affected by extreme cold or heat and it is affecting the globe equally. The fact that it has started affecting children and teenagers too is more concerning, now. 

3. Like asymptomatic adults with the COVID virus, even asymptomatic children are bound to spread COVID to others. Most of the children with COVID-19 have mild to no symptoms at all. The children with severe symptoms may require hospitalization for intensive care or a ventilator to help them breathe. Fatality is rare. There are some rare but serious medical conditions also evolving that are associated with the COVID-19 virus in children called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C). Not much data is available on this kind of infection.  Infants below 1 year and children with underlying conditions may also be affected severely by the COVID-19 virus. Infants under the age of one are more likely to be infected severely even if they do not have any underlying condition that would make them more susceptible to COVID-19. Children with below given underlying conditions are more prone to COVID-19 infection:

4. Asthma or chronic lung disease • Sickle cell disease • Heart disease  • Immunosuppression • Diabetes • Multiple chronic conditions • Obesity • This might not be a comprehensive list of all underlying conditions likely to be affected or prone to the COVID-19 virus but this list is the most common conditions that are likely to succumb to the COVID-19 virus.  • The symptoms of COVID-19 are very similar to the symptoms presented in an adult like fever, cough, nasal congestion, loss of smell and taste, sore throat, breathlessness, diarrhea, nausea, stomachache, headache, poor appetite and body pain. The symptoms are also very common to other common diseases like common cold, cough and other allergies.

5. If you see any of these symptoms in your child or teenager, get in touch with your family medical consultant and monitor the child’s fever, development of sore throat, uncontrolled cough, breathing difficulty or any other such symptoms developing and being persistent in the child for long.

6. Prevention is better than cure, which stands very highly emphasized in the case of COVID-19. Keep your children away from public places, keep the hygienic environment in the house and keep your house disinfected by following general rules of hygiene like using sanitizer and regularly washing hands. Inculcate these habits into your children too to keep them protected against any kind of infection, not only COVID-19. Get tested if you think the symptoms have gone severe and take the advice of your medical consultant.  ChaitanyaHospital with 24 hours consulting doctors and emergency services can be your best option for consultation in case you have any health issue related to your child. This has also been ranked as the best pediatric hospital in the whole of Chandigarh and Northern India. Searching for a ' pediatrician near me in Chandigarh ' you will surely end up searching for Chaitanya Hospital in Chandigarh as it is the best pediatric hospital in Chandigarh and also has the best pediatrician in Chandigarh. They are not only the best in Chandigarh with the best Child specialist in Chandigarh but also has a good ranking in Central India. Book an appointment today call now us +91-0172-5088088 for more information.

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