The usual notion is children are less susceptible to COVID-19, even then, some may contract severe infections, experiencing serious symptoms like heart, lungs, and brain diseases and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
A recent study has discovered the pathways that are activated in severe cases of COVID-19 in children. This can help in early diagnosis and targeted treatments.
Speaking of the symptoms, the researchers said, children with COVID-19 who present with multisystem inflammatory syndrome also show similar clinical features to Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome such as fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, skin rash and conjunctivitis, making it difficult to quickly diagnose patients.
They revealed that the main triggers for severe COVID-19 in children were blood clotting and how proteins in the immune system reacted to the virus.