Omicron: These are the 7 most common symptoms in children and the 3 most rare

More and more children are getting sick with Covid-19, much more compared to previous variants of the coronavirus, as the waves of the Omicron mutation sweep one after the other the countries of the planet.

Although it spreads rapidly, Omicron usually causes milder illness and according to experts children are very rare to get seriously ill. But what are the symptoms that children experience when they become infected with Omicron? The most common are fatigue, cough, sneezing and sore throat.

Citing the preliminary analysis of about 200 cases of the Omicron mutation in children aged 8-12 years, who registered their symptoms in the ZOE application COVID-19 In Britain, Emma Duncan, Professor of Clinical Endocrinology at King's College London, told Insider that most children reported suffering from:

• fatigue
• headache
• sore throat
• catarrh
• sneeze
• fever
• cough

Duncan noted that her data did not include asymptomatic cases Covid-19 and that most of the children whose data were analyzed had been vaccinated, although a similar pattern of symptoms was observed in unvaccinated children. Vaccination, he stressed, seems to reduce the frequency and duration of symptoms, but this has not yet been confirmed.

Other experts have reported rash as a rare symptom in children infected with Omicron, intestinal problems such as diarrhea and pseudomembranous laryngitis, an infection of the airways that makes a child sound like a seal or a barking dog. "Most children develop flu-like upper respiratory symptoms, regardless of age," said Dr. John McGuire, head of ICU at Seattle Pediatric Hospital, adding that parents should also be aware of abdominal pain. fever and rash. For her part, Dr. Lisa Seiman, a professor of pediatrics at Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said pseudomembranous laryngitis appeared to be a symptom of Omicron, but urged parents not to worry, as it usually "goes away on its own."

Source: Iefimerida.gr