{"id":1152,"date":"2023-08-27T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2023-09-06T06:26:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:26:39","slug":"long-covid-is-debilitating-children-doctors-worry-there-arent-enough-centers-to-treat-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/long-covid-is-debilitating-children-doctors-worry-there-arent-enough-centers-to-treat-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Long COVID is debilitating children. Doctors worry there aren\u2019t enough centers to treat them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, the National Institutes of Health updated its considerations for long COVID to say the burden of the condition in children \u201cmay be quite large.\u201d Studies estimating its prevalence in pediatric populations are limited and conflicting, estimating up to 25% of children infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus could go on to develop long COVID, though it’s more likely between 2% and 10%. Older children with existing chronic diseases or who had a more severe COVID-19 infection have an increased risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month, the National Institutes of Health updated its considerations for long COVID to say the burden of the condition in children \u201cmay be quite large.\u201d Studies estimating its prevalence in pediatric populations are limited and conflicting, estimating up to 25% of children infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus could go on to develop long COVID, though it’s more likely between 2% and 10%. Older children with existing chronic diseases or who had a more severe COVID-19 infection have an increased risk.<\/p>\n

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