Reports of children suffering from a serious coronavirus-linked inflammatory condition have scared parents everywhere, but new research suggests that treatment with COVID-19 antibodies might help in the worst cases.
Those symptoms include fever, lethargy, severe abdominal pain, diarrhea or vomiting, swollen lymph nodes and rashes.
Reports of cases in New York City first surfaced two weeks ago, and the latest count shows that 147 children have contracted the condition,The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also confirmed the link, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday. A small number of cases have been reported in other states, including New Jersey, California, Louisiana and Mississippi, theThe new study, from researchers in France and Switzerland, included 35 children with fever, cardiogenic shock or acute left ventricular dysfunction with inflammation who were admitted to pediatric intensive care units from March 22 to April 30.
Twenty-five of the children received coronavirus antibodies from donated blood, known as immune globulin treatment, and 12 were treated with intravenous steroids. Three children were treated with an interleukin 1 receptor antagonist due to persistent severe inflammation, and 23 patients were treated with heparin. None of the children died."The majority of patients recovered within a few days following intravenous immune globulin, with adjunctive steroid therapy used in one third.
Further research is needed to understand all aspects of this condition and whether patients may be at risk for long-term heart complications, the authors concluded.
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