Head of Wolfson PICU expects numbers of children with COVID to keep climbing

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The quality that seven children person died successful Jacksonville from COVID-19 since the pandemic began has galore parents concerned.

The caput of the pediatric ICU astatine Wolfson Children’s Hospital, wherever those children died, joined The Morning Show connected Friday to stock much astir what he’s seeing with children who are being hospitalized with coronavirus.

As of Friday morning, 12 children were successful the Jacksonville infirmary with COVID-19, and 4 were successful the ICU. Two children were admitted to Wolfson with COVID connected Thursday, according to Baptist Health.

While wide numbers of big COVID patients are leveling off, Dr. Thomas Nakagawa, the aesculapian manager of Wolfson’s PICU, said that’s not the lawsuit with kids.

“We person seen truly a important summation successful numbers of children of each ages from newborns to adolescence, 18 years of property being admitted with COVID. This includes steadfast children, children with underlying aesculapian conditions and we expect to spot accrued numbers of children with COVID,” Nakagawa said.

That is troubling for many. For the astir part, children tin flooded the virus. But what doctors are learning present is determination are semipermanent implications.

“The semipermanent effects that we are really seeing from COVID are what we telephone a long-COVID that tin effect successful residual harm to the lungs, to breathing difficulties and that could change encephalon function, which radical person termed encephalon fog, continued nonaccomplishment of sensation and smell,” Nakagawa said. “There tin proceed to beryllium inflammation of the bosom which tin besides beryllium long-lasting.”

That inflammation besides manifests successful children arsenic multisystem inflammatory syndrome oregon MIS-C, which occurs 3 to 4 weeks aft the archetypal infection.

“Those kids tin really get very, precise sick. They contiguous with bosom nonaccomplishment due to the fact that of the inflammation of the heart. They tin person gastrointestinal problems, and they tin person rashes, and we bash spot those kids,” Nakagawa said. “We’ve seen a important fig of those children astatine Wolfson Children’s Hospital.”

According to the CDC, the symptoms of MIS-C see a fever and immoderate of the pursuing signs and symptoms: