Study: Post-Covid inflammation can harm children

Houston, September 6

An inflammatory syndrome in children, believed to be linked to Covid-19, could damage their heart to such an extent that some kids may need lifelong monitoring and interventions, according to a review of studies.

The research, published in the journal EClinicalMedicine, assessed more than 600 case studies of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), revealing that the condition can strike seemingly healthy children without warning three or four weeks after asymptomatic Covid-19 infections.

"According to the literature, children did not need to exhibit the classic upper respiratory symptoms of Covid-19 to develop MIS-C, which is frightening," said study co-author Alvaro Moreira from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the US.

"Children might have no symptoms, no one knew they had the disease, and a few weeks later, they may develop this exaggerated inflammation in the body," Moreira said. — PTI