Children who have not been vaccinated, do F0 children need to be examined after Covid-19?

Ms. Huong’s extended family in Hanoi includes her parents, brothers and grandchildren, with a total of 20 people becoming F0; Of these, 7 children have not yet reached the age of vaccination and two elderly parents have underlying diseases.

Huong’s sister worriedly announced, friends said that a 6th grader died after contracting Covid-19. Therefore, this woman urges all children with young children to take them to the doctor as soon as they recover from Covid-19.

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“Can’t be subjective. Well, go check it out to be sure. My friend’s child here is big and strong like a buffalo. It only has a fever for one day, then eats normally. Even during a week of illness, I did not miss a single class, but when my mother sent me for a post-Covid-19 examination, I discovered that I had lung damage.“, Ms. Huong expressed concern when sharing information about the case of a young patient suffering from Covid-19 .

Do all children with Covid-19 need to be examined after Covid-19?

Answer this question to the reporter InfonetThs.BS Dinh The Tien, in charge of the post-Covid-19 clinic of Duc Giang General Hospital, said that it is not necessary to re-examine all children immediately after Covid-19.

“First of all, it’s important to remember, not every child or adult with Covid-19 will have persistent Covid-19 symptoms, also known as post-Covid-19. On the contrary, there are children infected with Covid-19 who have no symptoms and still develop post-Covid-19 conditions, “said Dr. Tien.

The post-Covid examination needs to do what tests depending on the symptoms that may appear, the child’s condition and the examining doctor will evaluate and give appropriate indications. Doctors will assess the risk and screen for dangerous sequelae such as: Thrombotic complications (forming blood clots), myocarditis, pericarditis, interstitial pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis or polymyositis syndrome system organs, neurological and endocrine diseases, if any.

The doctor further noted that children at risk of severe post-Covid-19 symptoms are those infected with Covid-19 whose symptoms persist for more than 4 weeks from the date of infection; or 4 weeks after being infected with Covid-19 appear new symptoms such as:

Respiratory symptoms: Cough lasting more than 4 weeks, chest pain, shortness of breath on exertion, or coughing up pink foam, coughing up blood. Examination is required for pulmonary thromboembolic complications, pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, or lung infection

Cardiovascular manifestations: Chest pain, shortness of breath on exertion, irregular heartbeat, extreme fatigue; especially when symptoms are persistent or severe.

Taste disturbance: Older children may complain, young children often show anorexia, poor appetite for a long time even after recovering from Covid-19.

Neuropsychiatric: Children have symptoms such as language disorders, slurred speech, decreased ability to focus attention, impaired learning, mood swings or headaches. It should be noted, headache is a fairly common symptom, if the condition persists for more than 4 weeks, does not decrease or the headache is severe enough to affect the child’s activities, it is necessary to take the child to the doctor.

Brain fog: Children may become absent-minded, have difficulty concentrating, read slower and more often than before…

Manifestations of diabetes or endocrine disease: Urinating a lot, thirsting a lot, drinking a lot, being hungry a lot and losing weight, tired.

Multi-organ inflammatory syndrome: Within 2 months, if the child develops a fever for more than 3 days that does not subside with a series of symptoms in other organs such as: Red eyes, rash, red lips – tongue, abdominal pain – vomiting – diarrhea, cough – runny nose… then you need to think of this syndrome so that your child can be examined immediately.

Doctors recommend that, for children who have the above symptoms after contracting Covid-19, parents need to take the child to the hospital for timely examination and advice.

N. Huyen