Most infected children battling corona recover within a week. Symptoms of long covid are seen in only a few children. Researchers from King's College London have made this claim in their recent research.
Researchers say that less than 1 in every 20 children may show symptoms of Covid for a long time. These symptoms appear for more than 4 weeks and the child makes a full recovery within 8 weeks. The most common symptoms seen in children include headache, fatigue, sore throat, and inability to recognize smells.
According to research published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health journal, only about 4.4% of children infected with Covid-19 showed symptoms of prolonged Covid for more than a month.
Professor Emma Duncan of King's College says, 'No brain problems such as seizures, restlessness have been seen in children after infection. This proves that cases of long covid in children are rare.
This research has been prepared with the help of Covid App 'Joe', which is used by parents and caregivers of children. The app contains health data of more than 2.5 lakh children in the age group of 5 to 17 years. During the research between September 2020 and February 2021, 7 thousand of these children were showing symptoms of Covid.
Out of these, there were 1,734 children whose time to get infected with corona and complete recovery was known. Of these, 5-11-year-olds took 5 days to beat Corona. At the same time, it took 7 days for a child of 12 to 17 years to recover. There were very few of these children who showed symptoms of corona for 4 weeks.
Researchers say that the risk of getting Covid in children is very low compared to adults. Many children who are infected do not even show symptoms or have mild symptoms.
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