Suara.com – Fever, cough, and shortness of breath are the most common symptoms experienced by patients Covid-19. But the same may not always be the case with children.
New research published in the journal Scientific Reports this week found that most children who contract Covid-19 do not have a fever.
There are more than 12,000 children who have tested positive for infection corona virus involved in the research.
As a result, as many as 81 percent of the children did not have a fever when infected with Covid-19. Meanwhile, nearly 75 percent of children do not have typical Covid-19 symptoms, such as coughing or shortness of breath.
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The researchers used data from electronic medical records from 33 health care organizations around the world. All the patients analyzed were under 18 years of age and diagnosed with Covid-19 between 1 April – 31 October 2020.
The researchers found that only 16.5 percent of the children studied had respiratory problems, despite the fact that Covid-19 is considered a respiratory disease.
What’s more, only 18.8 percent of pediatric patients reported symptoms such as muscle pain, joint pain, general malaise, loss of taste or smell.
Meanwhile, gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea were found in 13.9 percent of pediatric patients. Headache symptoms and other neurological symptoms occurred in less than 5 percent of the children studied. About 8 percent develop skin rashes and other dermatological problems due to viruses.
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, more than 3 million children have tested positive for Covid-19, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Those between the ages of 5 and 17 only account for 10.2 percent of all confirmed Covid-19 cases in the United States. Meanwhile, children aged 0 to 4 years amount to about 2 percent.
“Overall, our findings suggest that children and adolescents may have a milder course of disease compared to adults with Covid-19. Given the high prevalence of non-specific signs and symptoms and the fact that the majority of patients have no characteristic symptoms in their patients, “said the researchers quoted from Fox News.
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