{"id":188201,"date":"2023-10-25T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=188201"},"modified":"2023-10-25T13:35:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:35:08","slug":"virtually-all-children-infected-with-covid-suffer-blood-vessel-damage-that-can-trigger-clots-scientists-warn-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/lifestyle\/virtually-all-children-infected-with-covid-suffer-blood-vessel-damage-that-can-trigger-clots-scientists-warn-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtually all children infected with Covid suffer blood vessel damage that can trigger clots, scientists warn | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
VIRTUALLY all children infected with Covid suffer from serious blood vessel damage, scientists have warned. <\/p>\n
The US study found a "high proportion\u201d of kids with the bug had elevated levels of a biomarker tied to this type of cardiovascular\u00a0injury.<\/p>\n
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And this was even the case for those who didn't get very ill from the infection.<\/p>\n
Dr\u00a0David Teachey, from the Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia, said: \u201cAlthough most children with Covid-19 do not have severe disease, our study shows that there may be other effects of SARS-CoV-2 that are worthy of investigation." <\/p>\n
Blood vessels are channels that carry essential nutrients, like oxygen, to all the organs in the body. They also carry waste products away.<\/p>\n
Damaged blood vessels can cause blood clots, \u2018leaky\u2019 vessels and reduced blood flow, according to the British Heart Foundation.<\/p>\n
In the brain, damage to vessels could lead to inflammation. And in the limbs, reduced blood flow could lead to \u2018Covid toe\u2019, it added. <\/p>\n The rare toe condition can anyone of any age, although reports \u00a0suggest\u00a0children and teens suffer more that adults. <\/p>\n It can present as red, inflamed toes sometimes with a rash.<\/p>\n The researchers also found many children with the bug test positive of thrombotic microangiopathy\u00a0(TMA) – a rare but serious medical disease.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n TMA\u00a0leads to clots\u00a0in small blood vessels and has been linked to severe Covid symptoms among adult patients.<\/p>\n Dr\u00a0David, added: "We should continue testing for and monitoring children with SARS-CoV-2 so that we can better understand how the virus affects them in both the short and long term.\u201d<\/p>\n The study, published in the Blood Advances<\/em>, looked at\u00a0how children's cardiovascular health was impacted by the virus.<\/p>\n Researchers analysed the health data of 50 paediatric patients hospitalised\u00a0with the bug between April and July 2020.<\/p>\n Among the group, 21 showed minimal to no symptoms, 11 experienced severe symptoms, and 18 developed serious complications.<\/p>\n Elevated biomarkers for blood-vessel damage were found in all patients. <\/p>\n While 86 per cent of children met the medical criteria for TMA.<\/p>\n<\/picture>VIRAL THREAT<\/span><\/p>\n
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