VIDEO: What is causing long COVID in children?

NEW YORK — In this video, Roberta L. DeBiasi, MD, MS, chief of infectious diseases at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., discusses emerging research in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 — or long COVID — in children.

In addition to describing some of the dozens of symptoms of long COVID in children and the age range of the patients most affected — adolescents are overrepresented — DeBiasi discussed potential causes of post-COVID conditions in children, including the possibility that patients’ immune systems are not fully clearing the virus.

“The honest answer is we don’t know yet which — or if any of these, or all of them — may have a role in the symptoms in patients,” DeBiasi said.

References:

DeBiasi R. Post-acute sequelae of COVID (PASC) in children: Possible insights into chronic fatigue and other conditions. Presented at: Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium; Nov. 19-20, 2022; New York (hybrid meeting).