Most Children Recover Quickly From COVID-19, but Some Have Lingering Symptoms, a Study Says

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The findings suggest that what has sometimes been called “long COVID” may be rarer in children than adults.

Most children with COVID-19 recover within a week, but a small percentage experience long-term symptoms, according to a new study of more than 1,700 British children. The researchers found that 4.4% of children had symptoms that last four weeks or longer, while 1.8% have symptoms that last for eight weeks or longer.

“It is reassuring that the number of children experiencing long-lasting symptoms of COVID-19,” is low, Dr. Emma Duncan, an endocrinologist at King’s College London and lead author of the study, said in a statement. “Nevertheless, a small number of children do experience long illness with COVID-19, and our study validates the experiences of these children and their families.

But a small subset of children experienced lingering symptoms, including fatigue, headache and a loss of smell. Children between 12 and 17 were sicker for longer than younger children and more likely to experience symptoms that lasted at least four weeks.

 

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